EP2076518A1 - Dérivés spiro-oxindole tricycliques et utilisations de ceux-ci comme agents thérapeutiques - Google Patents

Dérivés spiro-oxindole tricycliques et utilisations de ceux-ci comme agents thérapeutiques

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EP2076518A1
EP2076518A1 EP07844222A EP07844222A EP2076518A1 EP 2076518 A1 EP2076518 A1 EP 2076518A1 EP 07844222 A EP07844222 A EP 07844222A EP 07844222 A EP07844222 A EP 07844222A EP 2076518 A1 EP2076518 A1 EP 2076518A1
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Jianmin Fu
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  • the present invention is directed to tricyclic spiro-oxindole derivatives and their uses as therapeutic agents.
  • this invention is directed to tricyclic spiro- oxindole derivatives that are sodium channel blockers and are therefore useful in treating sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain, as well as other diseases and conditions.
  • Voltage-gated sodium channels transmembrane proteins that initiate action potentials in nerve, muscle and other electrically excitable cells, are a necessary component of normal sensation, emotions, thoughts and movements (Catterall, W.A., Nature (2001 ), Vol. 409, pp. 988-990).
  • These channels consist of a highly processed alpha subunit that is associated with auxiliary beta subunits.
  • the pore-forming alpha subunit is sufficient for channel function, but the kinetics and voltage dependence of channel gating are in part modified by the beta subunits (Goldin et al., Neuron (2000), Vol. 28, pp. 365-368).
  • Each alpha-subunit contains four homologous domains, I to IV, each with six predicted transmembrane segments.
  • the alpha-subunit of the sodium channel, forming the ion-conducting pore and containing the voltage sensors regulating sodium ion conduction has a relative molecular mass of 260,000. Electrophysiological recording, biochemical purification, and molecular cloning have identified ten different sodium channel alpha subunits and four beta subunits (Yu, F.H., et al., Sci. STKE (2004), 253; and Yu, F.H., et al., Neurosci. (2003), 20:7577-85).
  • sodium channels include rapid activation and inactivation when the voltage across the plasma membrane of an excitable cell is depolarized (voltage-dependent gating), and efficient and selective conduction of sodium ions through conducting pores intrinsic to the structure of the protein (Sato, C, et al., Nature (2001 ), 409:1047-1051 ).
  • sodium channels are closed. Following membrane depolarization, sodium channels open rapidly and then inactivate. Channels only conduct currents in the open state and, once inactivated, have to return to the resting state, favoured by membrane hyperpolarization, before they can reopen.
  • Different sodium channel subtypes vary in the voltage range over which they activate and inactivate as well as their activation and inactivation kinetics.
  • Na v 1.1 and Na v 1.2 are highly expressed in the brain (Raymond, C. K., et al., J. Biol. Chem. (2004), 279(44):46234-41) and are vital to normal brain function. In humans, mutations in Na 1 /!
  • Na/1.3 is broadly expressed throughout the body (Raymond, C. K., et al., op. cit.). It has been demonstrated to have its expression upregulated in the dorsal horn sensory neurons of rats after nervous system injury (Hains, B. D., et al., J. Neurosci. (2003), 23(26):8881-92). Many experts in the field have considered Na/I .3 as a suitable target for pain therapeutics (Lai, J., et al., Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. (2003),
  • Na v 1.4 expression is essentially limited to muscle (Raymond, C. K., et al., op. cit). Mutations in this gene have been shown to have profound effects on muscle function including paralysis, (Tamaoka A., Intern. Med. (2003), (9):769-70). Thus, this channel can be considered a target for the treatment of abnormal muscle contractility, spasm or paralysis.
  • the cardiac sodium channel, Na v 1.5 is expressed mainly in the heart ventricles and atria (Raymond, C. K., et al., op. cit), and can be found in the sinovial node, ventricular node and possibly Purkinje cells.
  • the rapid upstroke of the cardiac action potential and the rapid impulse conduction through cardiac tissue is due to the opening of Na/1.5. As such, Na/1.5 is central to the genesis of cardiac arrhythmias.
  • Mutations in human Na v 1.5 result in multiple arrhythmic syndromes, including, for example, long QT3 (LQT3), Brugada syndrome (BS), an inherited cardiac conduction defect, sudden unexpected nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (Liu, H. et al., Am. J. Pharmacogenomics (2003), 3(3):173-9).
  • LQT3 long QT3
  • BS Brugada syndrome
  • SUNDS sudden unexpected nocturnal death syndrome
  • SIDS sudden infant death syndrome
  • Na/1.6 encodes an abundant, widely distributed voltage-gated sodium channel found throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems, clustered in the nodes of Ranvier of neural axons (Caldwell, J. H., et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2000), 97(10): 5616-20). Although no mutations in humans have been detected, Na v 1.6 is thought to play a role in the manifestation of the symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis and has been considered as a target for the treatment of this disease (Craner, MJ., et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2004), 101 (21 ):8168-73).
  • Na v 1.7 was first cloned from the pheochromocytoma PC12 cell line (Toledo- Aral, J. J., et al., Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA (1997), 94:1527-1532). Its presence at high levels in the growth cones of small-diameter neurons suggested that it could play a role in the transmission of nociceptive information. Although this has been challenged by experts in the field as Na ⁇ /I .7 is also expressed in neuroendocrine cells associated with the autonomic system (Klugbauer, N., et al., EMBO J. (1995), 14(6): 1084-90) and as such has been implicated in autonomic processes.
  • Na/I .7 blockers active in a subset of neurons is supported by the finding that two human heritable pain conditions, primary erythermalgia and familial rectal pain, have been shown to map to Na v 1.7 (Yang, Y., et al., J. Med. Genet. (2004), 41(3):171-4).
  • Na v 1.8 The expression of Na v 1.8 is essentially restricted to the DRG (Raymond, C. K., et al., op. cit.). There are no identified human mutations for Na/I .8. However, Na/I .8- null mutant mice were viable, fertile and normal in appearance. A pronounced analgesia to noxious mechanical stimuli, small deficits in noxious thermoreception and delayed development of inflammatory hyperalgesia suggested to the researchers that Nay1.8 plays a major role in pain signalling (Akopian, A. N., et al., Nat. Neurosci. (1999), 2(6): 541-8).
  • WO03/037890A2 describes piperidines for the treatment of central or peripheral nervous system conditions, particularly pain and chronic pain by blocking sodium channels associated with the onset or recurrence of the indicated conditions.
  • the compounds, compositions and methods of these inventions are of particular use for treating neuropathic or inflammatory pain by the inhibition of ion flux through a channel that includes a PN3 (Na/1.8) subunit.
  • Na 1 Zl .9 underlies neurotrophin (BDNF)-evoked depolarization and excitation, and is the only member of the voltage gated sodium channel superfamily to be shown to be ligand mediated (Blum, R., Kafitz, K.W., Konnerth, A., Nature (2002), 419 (6908):687-93).
  • the limited pattern of expression of this channel has made it a candidate target for the treatment of pain (Lai, J, et al., op. cit; Wood, J. N., et al., op. cit.; Chung, J. M. et al., op. cit).
  • NaX is a putative sodium channel, which has not been shown to be voltage gated.
  • NaX is found in neurons and ependymal cells in restricted areas of the CNS, particularly in the circumventricular organs, which are involved in body-fluid homeostasis (Watanabe, E., et al., J. Neurosci. (2000), 20(20):7743-51).
  • NaX-null mice showed abnormal intakes of hypertonic saline under both water- and salt-depleted conditions.
  • BLA basolateral amygdala
  • Sodium channels are targeted by a diverse array of pharmacological agents. These include neurotoxins, antiarrhythmics, anticonvulsants and local anesthetics (Clare, J. J., et al., Drug Discovery Today (2000) 5:506-520). All of the current pharmacological agents that act on sodium channels have receptor sites on the alpha subunits. At least six distinct receptor sites for neurotoxins and one receptor site for local anesthetics and related drugs have been identified (Cestele, S. et al., Biochimie (2000), Vol. 82, pp. 883-892).
  • the small molecule sodium channel blockers or the local anesthetics and related antiepileptic and antiarrhythmic drugs interact with overlapping receptor sites located in the inner cavity of the pore of the sodium channel (Catterall, W.A., Neuron (2000), 26:13-25). Amino acid residues in the S6 segments from at least three of the four domains contribute to this complex drug receptor site, with the IVS6 segment playing the dominant role. These regions are highly conserved and as such most sodium channel blockers known to date interact with similar potency with all channel subtypes. Nevertheless, it has been possible to produce sodium channel blockers with therapeutic selectivity and a sufficient therapeutic window for the treatment of epilepsy (e.g.
  • Drug therapy is the mainstay of management for acute and chronic pain in all age groups, including neonates, infants and children.
  • the pain drugs are classified by the American Pain Society into three main categories: 1) non-opioid analgesics- acetaminophen, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including salicylates (e.g. aspirin), 2) opioid analgesics and 3) co-analgesics.
  • NSAIDs non-opioid analgesics- acetaminophen
  • salicylates e.g. aspirin
  • opioid analgesics e.g. aspirin
  • co-analgesics co-analgesics.
  • Non-opioid analgesics such as acetaminophen and NSAIDs are useful for acute and chronic pain due to a variety of causes including surgery, trauma, arthritis and cancer.
  • NSAIDs are indicated for pain involving inflammation because acetaminophen lacks anti-inflammatory activity. Opioids also lack anti-inflammatory activity. All NSAIDs inhibit the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX), thereby inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis and reducing the inflammatory pain response.
  • COX cyclooxygenase
  • Common non-selective COX inhibitors include, ibuprofen and naproxen.
  • COX-1 which is found in platelets, Gl tract, kidneys and most other human tissues, is thought to be associated with adverse effects such as gastrointestinal bleeding.
  • selective COX-2 NSAIDs such as Celecoxib, Valdecoxib and Rofecoxib, have the benefits of nonselective NSAIDs with reduced adverse effect profiles in the gut and kidney.
  • opioid analgesics is recommended by the American Pain Society to be initiated based on a pain-directed history and physical that includes repeated pain assessment.
  • opioids be added to non-opioids to manage acute pain and cancer related pain that does not respond to non-opioids alone.
  • Opioid analgesics act as agonists to specific receptors of the mu and kappa types in the central and peripheral nervous system. Depending on the opioid and its formulation or mode of administration it can be of shorter or longer duration. All opioid analgesics have a risk of causing respiratory depression, liver failure, addiction and dependency, and as such are not ideal for long-term or chronic pain management.
  • Tricyclic antidepressants e.g. capsaicin
  • dextroamphetamine and phenothizines are all used in the clinic as adjuvant therapies or individually in the treatment of pain.
  • the antiepeileptic drugs in particular have enjoyed some success in treating pain conditions. For instance, Gabapentin, which has an unconfirmed therapeutic target, is indicated for neuropathic pain. Other clinical trials are attempting to establish that central neuropathic pain may respond to ion channel blockers such as blockers of calcium, sodium and/or NMDA (N-methyl-D- aspartate) channels.
  • ion channel blockers such as blockers of calcium, sodium and/or NMDA (N-methyl-D- aspartate) channels.
  • NMDA N-methyl-D- aspartate
  • Systemic analgesics such as NSAIDs and opioids are to be distinguished from therapeutic agents which are useful only as local analgesics/anaesthetics.
  • Well known local analgesics such as lidocaine and xylocaine are non-selective ion channel blockers which can be fatal when administered systemically.
  • a good description of non-selective sodium channel blockers is found in Madge, D. et al., J. Med. Chem. (2001 ), 44(2): 115-37.
  • TTX-S target brain tetradotoxin- sensitive sodium channels.
  • TTX-S agents suffer from dose- limiting side effects, including dizziness, ataxia and somnolence, primarily due to action at TTX-S channels in the brain.
  • neuropathic pain examples include, but are not limited to, post-herpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, chronic lower back pain, phantom limb pain, and pain resulting from cancer and chemotherapy, chronic pelvic pain, complex regional pain syndrome and related neuralgias.
  • neuropathic pain symptoms There has been some degree of success in treating neuropathic pain symptoms by using medications, such as gabapentin, and more recently pregabalin, as short-term, first-line treatments.
  • medications such as gabapentin
  • pregabalin as short-term, first-line treatments.
  • pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain has generally had limited success with little response to commonly used pain reducing drugs, such as NSAIDS and opiates. Consequently, there is still a considerable need to explore novel treatment modalities.
  • the present invention is directed to tricyclic spiro-oxindole derivatives that are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain.
  • the compounds of the present invention are also useful for the treatment of other sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, including, but not limited to central nervous conditions such as epilepsy, anxiety, depression and bipolar disease; cardiovascular conditions such as arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation; neuromuscular conditions such as restless leg syndrome, essential tremour and muscle paralysis or tetanus; neuroprotection against stroke, glaucoma, neural trauma and multiple sclerosis; and channelopathies such as erythromyalgia and familial rectal pain syndrome.
  • central nervous conditions such as epilepsy, anxiety, depression and bipolar disease
  • cardiovascular conditions such as arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation
  • neuromuscular conditions such as restless leg syndrome, essential tremour and muscle paralysis or tetanus
  • the invention provides compounds of formula (I):
  • j, k and w are each independently 0, 1 , 2 or 3; q is 1 , 2, 3 or 4; n is O, 1 , 2, 3 or 4; m is 0, 1 or 2 when n is 0; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3 or 4 when n is 1 ; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 when n is 2; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 when n is 3; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 when n is 4;
  • Q is -C(R 1a ) 2 -, -O-, -N(R 5 )-, -S(O) p - (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -CF 2 -, -OC(O)-, -C(O)O-, -C(O)N(R 5 )- or -N(R 5 )C(O)-;
  • X is O or S;
  • v — is a fused aryl ring, a fused heterocyclyl ring or a fused heteroaryl ring; is a fused aryl ring, a fused heterocyclyl ring or a fused heteroaryl ring; when n is 1 , 2, 3 or 4, Y is -C(R 1a ) 2 -, -C(O)-, -O-, -S(O) P - (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -CF 2 -,
  • each R 1a is hydrogen or -OR 5 ; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkenyl, cycloalkylalkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heterocycloalkynyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkylalkyl
  • each of the cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl and heteroarylalkyl groups for each R 2 may be independently optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, halo, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkoxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -
  • the invention provides methods for the treatment of pain in a mammal, preferably a human, wherein the methods comprise administering to the mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention as set forth above.
  • the present invention provides a method for treating or lessening the severity of a disease, condition, or disorder where activation or hyperactivity of one or more of Na v 1.1 , Na v 1.2, Na v 1.3, Na /1.4, Na/1.5, Nav/1.6, Na/1.7, Na/1.8, or Na/I .9 is implicated in the disease state.
  • the invention provides methods of treating a range of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, for example, pain associated with HIV, HIV treatment induced neuropathy, trigeminal neuralgia, post-herpetic neuralgia, eudynia, heat sensitivity, tosarcoidosis, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohns disease, pain associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), diabetic neuropathy, peripheral neuropathy, arthritic, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis, paroxysmal dystonia, myasthenia syndromes, myotonia, malignant hyperthermia, cystic fibrosis, pseudoaldosteronism, rhabdomyolysis, hypothyroidism, bipolar depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, sodium channel toxin related illnesses, familial erythermalgia, primary erythermalgia, familial rectal pain, cancer, epilepsy, partial and general tonic seizures
  • the invention provides methods of treating a range of sodium channel-mediated disease or condition through inhibition of ion flux through a voltage- dependent sodium channel in a mammal, preferably a human, wherein the methods comprise administering to the mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention as set forth above.
  • the invention provides methods of treating or preventing hypercholesterolemia in a mammal, preferably a human, wherein the methods comprise administering to the mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention as set forth above.
  • the invention provides methods of treating or preventing benign prostatic hyperplasia in a mammal, preferably a human, wherein the methods comprise administering to the mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention as set forth above.
  • the invention provides methods of treating or preventing pruritis in a mammal, preferably a human, wherein the methods comprise administering to the mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention as set forth above.
  • the invention provides methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal, preferably a human, wherein the methods comprise administering to the mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention as set forth above.
  • the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention, as set forth above, and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.
  • the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and in an amount effective to treat diseases or conditions related to pain when administered to an animal, preferably a mammal, most preferably a human.
  • the invention provides pharmaceutical therapy in combination with one or more other compounds of the invention or one or more other accepted therapies or as any combination thereof to increase the potency of an existing or future drug therapy or to decrease the adverse events associated with the accepted therapy.
  • the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition combining compounds of the present invention with established or future therapies for the indications listed in the invention.
  • this invention is directed to the use of the compounds of the invention, as set forth above, as a stereoisomer, enantiomer, tautomer thereof or mixtures thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, or the use of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a compound of the invention, as set forth above, as a stereoisomer, enantiomer, tautomer thereof or mixtures thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of sodium channel-mediated disease or condition in a mammal.
  • C 7 -C 12 alkyl describes an alkyl group, as defined below, having a total of 7 to 12 carbon atoms
  • C 4 -C 12 cycloalkylalkyl describes a cycloalkylalkyl group, as defined below, having a total of 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
  • the total number of carbons in the shorthand notation does not include carbons that may exist in substituents of the group described.
  • Amino refers to the -NH 2 radical.
  • Haldroxyl refers to the -OH radical.
  • Niro refers to the -NO 2 radical.
  • Trifluoromethyl refers to the -CF 3 radical.
  • Alkyl refers to a straight or branched hydrocarbon chain radical consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms, containing no unsaturation, having from one to twelve carbon atoms, preferably one to eight carbon atoms or one to six carbon atoms, and which is attached to the rest of the molecule by a single bond, e.g., methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, 1-methylethyl (/so-propyl), n-butyl, n-pentyl, 1 ,1-dimethylethyl (f-butyl), 3-methylhexyl, 2-methylhexyl and the like.
  • an alkyl group may be optionally substituted by one of the following groups: alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkenyl, cyano, nitro, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, oxo, trimethylsilanyl, -OR 14 , -OC(O)-R 14 , -N(R 14 ) 2 , -C(O)R 14 , -C(O)OR 14 , -C(O)N(R 14 ) 2 , -N(R 14 )C(O)OR 16 , -N(R 14 )C(O)R 16 , -N(R 14 )S(O) t R 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) 1 OR 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) P R 16 (where p is 0 to 2) and -S(O) t N(R
  • Alkenyl refers to a straight or branched hydrocarbon chain radical group consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms, containing at least one double bond, having from two to twelve carbon atoms, preferably one to eight carbon atoms and which is attached to the rest of the molecule by a single bond, e.g., ethenyl, prop-1-enyl, but-1-enyl, pent-1-enyl, penta-1 ,4-dienyl and the like.
  • an alkenyl group may be optionally substituted by one of the following groups: alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkenyl, cyano, nitro, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, oxo, trimethylsilanyl, -OR 14 , -OC(O)-R 14 , -N(R 14 ) 2 , -C(O)R 14 , -C(O)OR 14 , -C(O)N(R 14 ) 2 , -N(R 14 )C(O)OR 16 , -N(R 14 )C(O)R 16 , -N(R 14 )S(O) t R 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) 1 OR 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) P R 16 (where p is O to 2) and -S(O) t N(R
  • Alkynyl refers to a straight or branched hydrocarbon chain radical group consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms, containing at least one triple bond and optionally one or more double bonds, having from two to twelve carbon atoms, preferably one to eight carbon atoms and which is attached to the rest of the molecule by a single bond, e.g., ethynyl, prop-1-ynyl, but-1-ynyl, pent-1-ynyl, penta-1 -en-4-ynyl and the like.
  • an alkynyl group may be optionally substituted by one of the following groups: alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkenyl, cyano, nitro, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, oxo, trimethylsilanyl, -OR 14 , -OC(O)-R 14 , -N(R 14 ) 2 , -C(O)R 14 , -C(O)OR 14 , -C(O)N(R 14 ) 2 , -N(R 14 )C(O)OR 16 , -N(R 14 )C(O)R 16 , -N(R 14 )S(O) t R 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) 1 OR 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) P R 16 (where p is O to 2) and -S(O) t N(
  • Alkylene or "alkylene chain” refers to a straight or branched divalent hydrocarbon chain linking the rest of the molecule to a radical group, consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen, containing no unsaturation and having from one to twelve carbon atoms, e.g., methylene, ethylene, propylene, n-butylene, and the like.
  • the alkylene chain is attached to the rest of the molecule through a single bond and to the radical group through a single bond.
  • the points of attachment of the alkylene chain to the rest of the molecule and to the radical group can be through one carbon or any two carbons within the chain.
  • an alkylene chain may be optionally substituted by one of the following groups: alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkenyl, cyano, nitro, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, oxo, trimethylsilanyl, -OR 14 , -OC(O)-R 14 , -N(R 14 ) 2 , -C(O)R 14 , -C(O)OR 14 , -C(O)N(R 14 ) 2 , -N(R 14 )C(O)OR 16 , -N(R 14 )C(O)R 16 , -N(R 14 )S(O) t R 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) 1 OR 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) P R 16 (where p is O to 2) and -S(O) t N(R 14
  • alkenylene or “alkenylene chain” refers to a straight or branched divalent hydrocarbon chain linking the rest of the molecule to a radical group, consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen, containing at least one double bond and having from two to twelve carbon atoms, e.g., ethenylene, propenylene, n-butenylene and the like.
  • the alkenylene chain is attached to the rest of the molecule through a single bond and to the radical group through a double bond or a single bond.
  • the points of attachment of the alkenylene chain to the rest of the molecule and to the radical group can be through one carbon or any two carbons within the chain.
  • an alkenylene chain may be optionally substituted by one of the following groups: alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkenyl, cyano, nitro, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, oxo, trimethylsilanyl, -OR 14 , -OC(O)-R 14 , -N(R 14 ) 2 , -C(O)R 14 , -C(O)OR 14 , -C(O)N(R 14 ) 2 , -N(R 14 )C(O)OR 16 , -N(R 14 )C(O)R 16 , -N(R 14 )S(O) t R 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) t OR 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) P R 16 (where p is O to 2) and -S(O) t N(
  • Alkynylene or “alkynylene chain” refers to a straight or branched divalent hydrocarbon chain linking the rest of the molecule to a radical group, consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen, containing at least one triple bond and having from two to twelve carbon atoms, e.g., propynylene, n-butynylene and the like.
  • the alkynylene chain is attached to the rest of the molecule through a single bond and to the radical group through a double bond or a single bond.
  • the points of attachment of the alkynylene chain to the rest of the molecule and to the radical group can be through one carbon or any two carbons within the chain.
  • an alkynylene chain may be optionally substituted by one of the following groups: alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkenyl, cyano, nitro, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, oxo, trimethylsilanyl, -OR 14 , -OC(O)-R 14 , -N(R 14 ) 2 , -C(O)R 14 , -C(O)OR 14 , -C(O)N(R 14 ) 2 , -N(R 14 )C(O)OR 16 , -N(R 14 )C(O)R 16 , -N(R 14 )S(O) t R 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) 1 OR 16 (where t is 1 to 2), -S(O) P R 16 (where p is O to 2) and -S(O),N(R 14
  • Alkoxy refers to a radical of the formula -OR a where R a is an alkyl radical as defined above containing one to twelve carbon atoms.
  • R a is an alkyl radical as defined above containing one to twelve carbon atoms.
  • the alkyl part of the alkoxy radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkyl radical.
  • Alkoxyalkyl refers to a radical of the formula -R 3 -O-R 3 where each R a is independently an alkyl radical as defined above.
  • the oxygen atom may be bonded to any carbon in either alkyl radical.
  • Each alkyl part of the alkoxyalkyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkyl group.
  • Aryl refers to aromatic monocyclic or multicyclic hydrocarbon ring system consisting only of hydrogen and carbon and containing from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, where the ring system may be partially saturated.
  • Aryl groups include, but are not limited to groups such as fluorenyl, phenyl and naphthyl.
  • aryl or the prefix “ar-” (such as in “aralkyl”) is meant to include aryl radicals optionally substituted by one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, akenyl, halo, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, cyano, nitro, aryl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 15 -OR 14 , -R 15 OC(O)-R 14 , -R 15 -N(R 14 ) 2 , -R 15 -C(O)R 14 , -R 15 -C(O)OR 14 , -R 15 -C(O)N(R 14 ) 2 , -R 15 -N(R 14 )C(O)OR 16 , -R 15 -N(R 14 )C(O)R 16 , -R 15 -N(R 14 )C(O)R 16 , -R 15 -N(
  • Aralkyl refers to a radical of the formula -R a R b where R a is an alkyl radical as defined above and R b is one or more aryl radicals as defined above, e.g., benzyl, diphenylmethyl and the like.
  • the aryl radical(s) of the aralkyl radical may be optionally substituted as described above for an aryl group.
  • the alkyl part of the aralkyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkyl group.
  • Alkenyl refers to a radical of the formula -R c R b where R c is an alkenyl radical as defined above and R b is one or more aryl radicals as defined above, which may be optionally substituted as described above.
  • the aryl part of the aralkenyl radical may be optionally substituted as described above for an aryl group.
  • the alkenyl part of the aralkenyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkenyl group.
  • Alkynyl refers to a radical of the formula -R g R b where R 9 is an alkynyl radical as defined above and R b is one or more aryl radicals as defined above, which may be optionally substituted as described above.
  • the aryl part of the aralkynyl radical may be optionally substituted as described above for an aryl group.
  • the alkynyl part of the aralkenyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkynyl group.
  • Cycloalkyl refers to a stable non-aromatic monocyclic or polycyclic hydrocarbon radical consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms, which may include fused or bridged ring systems, having from three to fifteen carbon atoms, preferably having from three to ten carbon atoms, and which is saturated or unsaturated and attached to the rest of the molecule by a single bond.
  • Monocyclic radicals include, for example, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptly and cyclooctyl.
  • Polycyclic radicals include, for example, adamantyl, norbornyl, decalinyl, 7,7-dimethyl-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanyl and the like.
  • cycloalkyl is meant to include cycloalkyl radicals which are optionally substituted by one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, cyano, nitro, oxo, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 15 -OR 14 , -R 15 -OC(O)-R 14 , -R 15 -N(R 14 ) 2> -R 15 -C(O)R 14 , -R 15 -C(O)
  • Cycloalkylalkyl refers to a radical of the formula -R a R d where R 3 is an alkyl radical as defined above and R d is a cycloalkyl radical as defined above.
  • the alkyl part of the cycloalkylalkyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkyl group.
  • the cycloalkyl part of the cycloalkylalkyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for a cycloalkyl group.
  • Cycloalkylalkenyl refers to a radical of the formula -R c R d where R c is an alkenyl radical as defined above and R d is a cycloalkyl radical as defined above.
  • the alkenyl part of the cycloalkylalkenyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkenyl group.
  • the cycloalkyl part of the cycloalkylalkenyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for a cycloalkyl group.
  • Cycloalkylalkynyl refers to a radical of the formula -R g R d where R 9 is an alkynyl radical as defined above and R d is a cycloalkyl radical as defined above.
  • the alkynyl part of the cycloalkylalkynyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkynyl group.
  • the cycloalkyl part of the cycloalkylalkynyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for a cycloalkyl group.
  • "Fused” refers to any ring structure described herein which is fused to an existing ring structure in the compounds of the invention. When the fused ring is a heterocyclyl ring or a heteroaryl ring, any carbon atom on the existing ring structure which becomes part of the fused heterocyclyl ring or the fused heteroaryl ring may be replaced with a nitrogen atom.
  • a fused ring can be represented by, for
  • Halo refers to bromo, chloro, fluoro or iodo.
  • Haloalkyl refers to an alkyl radical, as defined above, that is substituted by one or more halo radicals, as defined above, e.g., trifluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trichloromethyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl, 1-fluoromethyl-2-fluoroethyl, 3-bromo-2-fluoropropyl, 1-bromomethyl-2-bromoethyl and the like.
  • the alkyl part of the haloalkyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkyl group.
  • Haloalkenyl refers to an alkenyl radical, as defined above, that is substituted by one or more halo radicals, as defined above, e.g., 2,2-difluoroethenyl, 3-chloroprop1-enyl, and the like.
  • the alkenyl part of the haloalkenyl radical may be additionally optionally substituted as defined above for an alkenyl group.
  • Haloalkynyl refers to an alkynyl radical, as defined above, that is substituted by one or more halo radicals, as defined above, e.g., 3-chloroprop-1-ynyl and the like.
  • the alkynyl part of the haloalkynyl radical may be additionally optionally substituted as defined above for an alkynyl group.
  • Heterocyclyl refers to a stable 3- to 18-membered non-aromatic ring radical which consists of two to twelve carbon atoms and from one to six heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.
  • the heterocyclyl radical may be a monocyclic, bicyclic, tricyclic or tetracyclic ring system, which may include fused or bridged ring systems; and the nitrogen, carbon or sulfur atoms in the heterocyclyl radical may be optionally oxidized; the nitrogen atom may be optionally quaternized; and the heterocyclyl radical may be partially or fully saturated.
  • heterocyclyl radicals include, but are not limited to, dioxolanyl, thienyl[1 ,3]dithianyl, decahydroisoquinolyl, imidazolinyl, imidazolidinyl, isothiazolidinyl, isoxazolidinyl, morpholinyl, octahydroindolyl, octahydroisoindolyl, 2-oxopiperazinyl, 2-oxopiperidinyl, 2-oxopyrrolidinyl, oxazolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, 4-piperidonyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyrazolidinyl, thiazolidinyl, tetrahydrofuryl, trithianyl, tetrahydropyranyl, thiomorpholinyl, thiamorpholinyl, 1-oxo-thiomorpholinyl and 1
  • heterocyclyl is meant to include heterocyclyl radicals as defined above which are optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, cyano, oxo, thioxo, nitro, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 15 -OR 14 , -R 15 -OC(O)-R 14 , -R 15 -N(R 14 ) 2 , -R 15 -C(O)R 14 , -R 15 -C(O)OR 14 , -R 15 -C(O)N(R 14 ) 2 , -R 15 -N(R 14 )C(O)OR 16 , -R 15 -C(O)N(R
  • Heterocyclylalkyl refers to a radical of the formula -R a R e where R a is an alkyl radical as defined above and R e is a heterocyclyl radical as defined above, and if the heterocyclyl is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl, the heterocyclyl may be attached to the alkyl radical at the nitrogen atom.
  • the alkyl part of the heterocyclylalkyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkyl group.
  • the heterocyclyl part of the heterocyclylalkyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for a heterocyclyl group.
  • Heterocyclylalkenyl refers to a radical of the formula -R c R e where R 0 is an alkenyl radical as defined above and R e is a heterocyclyl radical as defined above, and if the heterocyclyl is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl, the heterocyclyl may be attached to the alkenyl radical at the nitrogen atom.
  • the alkenyl part of the heterocyclylalkenyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkenyl group.
  • the heterocyclyl part of the heterocyclylalkenyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for a heterocyclyl group.
  • Heterocyclylalkynyl refers to a radical of the formula -R g R e where R 9 is an alkynyl radical as defined above and R e is a heterocyclyl radical as defined above, and if the heterocyclyl is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl, the heterocyclyl may be attached to the alkynyl radical at the nitrogen atom.
  • the alkynyl part of the heterocyclylalkynyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkynyl group.
  • the heterocyclyl part of the heterocyclylalkynyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for a heterocyclyl group.
  • Heteroaryl refers to a 5- to 18-membered partially or fully aromatic ring radical which consists of one to seventeen carbon atoms and from one to ten heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.
  • the heteroaryl radical may be a monocyclic, bicyclic, tricyclic or tetracyclic ring system, which may include fused or bridged ring systems; and the nitrogen, carbon or sulfur atoms in the heteroaryl radical may be optionally oxidized; the nitrogen atom may be optionally quatemized.
  • Examples include, but are not limited to, azepinyl, acridinyl, benzimidazolyl, benzthiazolyl, benzindolyl, benzodioxolyl, benzofuranyl, benzooxazolyl, benzothiazolyl, benzothiadiazolyl, benzo[/b][1 ,4]dioxepinyl, 1 ,4-benzodioxanyl, benzonaphthofuranyl, benzoxazolyl, benzodioxolyl, benzodioxinyl, benzopyranyl, benzopyranonyl, benzofuranyl, benzofuranonyl, benzothienyl (benzothiophenyl), benzotriazolyl, benzo[4,6]imidazo[1 ,2-a]pyridinyl, carbazolyl, cinnolinyl, dibenzofuranyl, dibenzothioph
  • heteroaryl is meant to include heteroaryl radicals as defined above which are optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, halo, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, cyano, oxo, thioxo, nitro, oxo, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 15 -OR 14 , -R 15 -OC(O)-R 14 , -R 15 -N(R 14 ) 2 , -R 15 -C(O)R 14 , -R 15 -C(O)OR 14 , -R 15 -C(O)N(R 14 ) 2 , -R 15 -R 15 -
  • each R 14 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl; each R 15 is independently a direct bond or a straight or branched alkylene or alkenylene chain; and each R 16 is alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl.
  • Heteroarylalkyl refers to a radical of the formula -R a R f where R a is an alkyl radical as defined above and R f is a heteroaryl radical as defined above.
  • the heteroaryl part of the heteroarylalkyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for a heteroaryl group.
  • the alkyl part of the heteroarylalkyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkyl group.
  • Heteroarylalkenyl refers to a radical of the formula -R 0 R f where R 0 is an alkenyl radical as defined above and R f is a heteroaryl radical as defined above.
  • the heteroaryl part of the heteroarylalkenyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for a heteroaryl group.
  • the alkenyl part of the heteroarylalkenyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkenyl group.
  • Heteroarylalkenyl refers to a radical of the formula -R 9 R f where R 9 is an alkynyl radical as defined above and R f is a heteroaryl radical as defined above.
  • the heteroaryl part of the heteroarylalkynyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for a heteroaryl group.
  • the alkynyl part of the heteroarylalkynyl radical may be optionally substituted as defined above for an alkynyl group.
  • Analgesia refers to an absence of pain in response to a stimulus that would normally be painful.
  • Allodynia refers to a condition in which a normally innocuous sensation, such as pressure or light touch, is perceived as being extremely painful.
  • Prodrugs is meant to indicate a compound that may be converted under physiological conditions or by solvolysis to a biologically active compound of the invention.
  • prodrug refers to a metabolic precursor of a compound of the invention that is pharmaceutically acceptable.
  • a prodrug may be inactive when administered to a subject in need thereof, but is converted in vivo to an active compound of the invention.
  • Prodrugs are typically rapidly transformed in vivo to yield the parent compound of the invention, for example, by hydrolysis in blood.
  • the prodrug compound often offers advantages of solubility, tissue compatibility or delayed release in a mammalian organism (see, Bundgard, H., Design of Prodrugs (1985), pp.
  • prodrugs are provided in Higuchi, T., et a/., "Pro-drugs as Novel Delivery Systems," A.C.S. Symposium Series, Vol. 14, and in Bioreversible Carriers in Drug Design, Ed. Edward B. Roche, American Pharmaceutical Association and Pergamon Press, 1987, both of which are incorporated in full by reference herein.
  • prodrug is also meant to include any covalently bonded carriers, which release the active compound of the invention in vivo when such prodrug is administered to a mammalian subject.
  • Prodrugs of a compound of the invention may be prepared by modifying functional groups present in the compound of the invention in such a way that the modifications are cleaved, either in routine manipulation or in vivo, to the parent compound of the invention.
  • Prodrugs include compounds of the invention wherein a hydroxy, amino or mercapto group is bonded to any group that, when the prodrug of the compound of the invention is administered to a mammalian subject, cleaves to form a free hydroxy, free amino or free mercapto group, respectively.
  • Examples of prodrugs include, but are not limited to, acetate, formate and benzoate derivatives of alcohol or amide derivatives of amine functional groups in the compounds of the invention and the like.
  • the invention disclosed herein is also meant to encompass all pharmaceutically acceptable compounds of formula (I) being isotopically-labelled by having one or more atoms replaced by an atom having a different atomic mass or mass number.
  • isotopes that can be incorporated into the disclosed compounds include isotopes of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, fluorine, chlorine, and iodine, such as 2 H, 3 H, 11 C, 13 C, 14 C, 13 N, 15 N, 15 O 1 17 0, 18 0, 31 P, 32 P, 35 S, 18 F, 36 CI, 123 I, and 125 I, respectively.
  • radiolabeled compounds could be useful to help determine or measure the effectiveness of the compounds, by characterizing, for example, the site or mode of action on the sodium channels, or binding affinity to pharmacologically important site of action on the sodium channels.
  • isotopically-labelled compounds of formula (I), for example, those incorporating a radioactive isotope, are useful in drug and/or substrate tissue distribution studies.
  • the radioactive isotopes tritium, i.e. 3 H, and carbon-14, i.e. 14 C, are particularly useful for this purpose in view of their ease of incorporation and ready means of detection.
  • substitution with heavier isotopes such as deuterium, i.e. 2 H, may afford certain therapeutic advantages resulting from greater metabolic stability, for example, increased in vivo half-life or reduced dosage requirements, and hence may be preferred in some circumstances.
  • Isotopically-labeled compounds of formula (I) can generally be prepared by conventional techniques known to those skilled in the art or by processes analogous to those described in the Examples and Preparations as set out below using an appropriate isotopically-labeled reagent in place of the non-labeled reagent previously employed.
  • the invention disclosed herein is also meant to encompass the in vivo metabolic products of the disclosed compounds. Such products may result from, for example, the oxidation, reducation, hydrolysis, amidation, esterification, and the like of the administered compound, primarily due to enzymatic processes. Accordingly, the invention includes compounds produced by a process comprising contacting a compound of this invention with a mammal for a period of time sufficient to yield a metabolic product thereof. Such products are typically are identified by administering a radiolabeled compound of the invention in a detectable dose to an animal, such as rat, mouse, guinea pig, monkey, or to human, allowing sufficient time for metabolism to occur, and isolating its coversion products from the urine, blood or other biological samples.
  • an animal such as rat, mouse, guinea pig, monkey, or to human
  • Solid compound and “stable structure” are meant to indicate a compound that is sufficiently robust to survive isolation to a useful degree of purity from a reaction mixture, and formulation into an efficacious therapeutic agent.
  • “Mammal” includes humans and both domestic animals such as laboratory animals and household pets, ( e.g. cats, dogs, swine, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, rabbits), and non-domestic animals such as wildelife and the like. "Optional” or “optionally” means that the subsequently described event of circumstances may or may not occur, and that the description includes instances where said event or circumstance occurs and instances in which it does not. For example, “optionally substituted aryl” means that the aryl radical may or may not be substituted and that the description includes both substituted aryl radicals and aryl radicals having no substitution.
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient” includes without limitation any adjuvant, carrier, excipient, glidant, sweetening agent, diluent, preservative, dye/colorant, flavor enhancer, surfactant, wetting agent, dispersing agent, suspending agent, stabilizer, isotonic agent, solvent, or emulsifier which has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as being acceptable for use in humans or domestic animals.
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable salt” includes both acid and base addition salts.
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt” refers to those salts which retain the biological effectiveness and properties of the free bases, which are not biologically or otherwise undesirable, and which are formed with inorganic acids such as, but are not limited to, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid and the like, and organic acids such as, but not limited to, acetic acid, 2,2-dichloroacetic acid, adipic acid, alginic acid, ascorbic acid, aspartic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, benzoic acid, 4-acetamidobenzoic acid, camphoric acid, camphor-10-sulfonic acid, capric acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, carbonic acid, cinnamic acid, citric acid, cyclamic acid, dodecylsulfuric acid, ethane-1 ,2-disulfonic
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable base addition salt” refers to those salts which retain the biological effectiveness and properties of the free acids, which are not biologically or otherwise undesirable. These salts are prepared from addition of an inorganic base or an organic base to the free acid. Salts derived from inorganic bases include, but are not limited to, the sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, aluminum salts and the like. Preferred inorganic salts are the ammonium, sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium salts.
  • Salts derived from organic bases include, but are not limited to, salts of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, substituted amines including naturally occurring substituted amines, cyclic amines and basic ion exchange resins, such as ammonia, isopropylamine, trimethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, tripropylamine, diethanolamine, ethanolamine, deanol, 2-dimethylaminoethanol, 2-diethylaminoethanol, dicyclohexylamine, lysine, arginine, histidine, caffeine, procaine, hydrabamine, choline, betaine, benethamine, benzathine, ethylenediamine, glucosamine, methylglucamine, theobromine, triethanolamine, tromethamine, purines, piperazine, piperidine, ⁇ /-ethylpiperidine, polyamine resins and the like.
  • basic ion exchange resins
  • Particularly preferred organic bases are isopropylamine, diethylamine, ethanolamine, trimethylamine, dicyclohexylamine, choline and caffeine. Often crystallizations produce a solvate of the compound of the invention.
  • the term "solvate” refers to an aggregate that comprises one or more molecules of a compound of the invention with one or more molecules of solvent.
  • the solvent may be water, in which case the solvate may be a hydrate.
  • the solvent may be an organic solvent.
  • the compounds of the present invention may exist as a hydrate, including a monohydrate, dihydrate, hemihydrate, sesqui hydrate, trihydrate, tetrahydrate and the like, as well as the corresponding solvated forms.
  • the compound of the invention may be true solvates, while in other cases, the compound of the invention may merely retain adventitious water or be a mixture of water plus some adventitious solvent.
  • a "pharmaceutical composition” refers to a formulation of a compound of the invention and a medium generally accepted in the art for the delivery of the biologically active compound to mammals, e.g., humans. Such a medium includes all pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents or excipients therefor.
  • “Therapeutically effective amount” refers to that amount of a compound of the invention which, when administered to a mammal, preferably a human, is sufficient to effect treatment, as defined below, of a sodium channel-mediated disease or condition in the mammal, preferably a human.
  • the amount of a compound of the invention which constitutes a “therapeutically effective amount” will vary depending on the compound, the condition and its severity, the manner of administration, and the age of the mammal to be treated, but can be determined routinely by one of ordinary skill in the art having regard to his own knowledge and to this disclosure.
  • Treating covers the treatment of the disease or condition of interest in a mammal, preferably a human, having the disease or condition of interest, and includes: (i) preventing the disease or condition from occurring in a mammal, in particular, when such mammal is predisposed to the condition but has not yet been diagnosed as having it;
  • disease and condition may be used interchangeably or may be different in that the particular malady or condition may not have a known causative agent (so that etiology has not yet been worked out) and it is therefore not yet recognized as a disease but only as an undesirable condition or syndrome, wherein a more or less specific set of symptoms have been identified by clinicians.
  • the compounds of the invention, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts may contain one or more asymmetric centres and may thus give rise to enantiomers, diastereomers, and other stereoisomeric forms that may be defined, in terms of absolute stereochemistry, as (R)- or (S)- or, as (D)- or (L)- for amino acids.
  • the present invention is meant to include all such possible isomers, as well as their racemic and optically pure forms.
  • Optically active (+) and (-), (R)- and (S)-, or (D)- and (L)- isomers may be prepared using chiral synthons or chiral reagents, or resolved using conventional techniques, for example, chromatography and fractional crystallisation.
  • stereoisomer refers to a compound made up of the same atoms bonded by the same bonds but having different three-dimensional structures, which are not interchangeable.
  • the present invention contemplates various stereoisomers and mixtures thereof and includes “enantiomers”, which refers to two stereoisomers whose molecules are nonsuperimposeable mirror images of one another.
  • a “tautomer” refers to a proton shift from one atom of a molecule to another atom of the same molecule.
  • the present invention includes tautomers of any said compounds. Also within the scope of the invention are intermediate compounds of formula (I) and all polymorphs of the aforementioned species and crystal habits thereof.
  • one embodiment of the compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, is a compound of formula (I) wherein: s a fused aryl ring or a fused heteroaryl ring; and is a fused aryl ring; and j, k, m, n, q, w, X, Y, Q, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each as defined above in the Summary of the Invention for compounds of formula (I).
  • j and k are each independently 0, 1 , 2 or 3; n is O, 1 , 2, 3 or 4; m is 0, 1 or 2 when n is 0; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3 or 4 when n is 1 ; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 when n is 2; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 when n is 3; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 when n is 4;
  • Q is -C(R 1a ) 2 -, -O-, -S(O) P - (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -CF 2 -, -OC(O)-, -C(O)O-, -C(O)N(R 5 )-, -N(R 5 )- or -N(R 5 )C(O)-;
  • X is O or S; when n is 1 , 2, 3 or 4, Y is -C(R 1a ) 2 -, -C(O)-, -O-, -S(O) P - (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -CF 2 -,
  • each R 1a is hydrogen or -OR 5 ; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkenyl, cycloalkylalkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heterocycloalkynyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylallal
  • e p enc j en tiy selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkenyl, cycloalkylalkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heterocyclylalkynyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, heteroarlalkynyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N
  • One embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: at least one of j and k is 1 and the other is 0 or 1 ; n is 1 , 2 or 3; m is 0, 1 , 2, 3 or 4 when n is 1 ; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 when n is 2; Q is -O-; X is O or S;
  • Y is -C(R 1 V, -O-, -S(O) p - (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -CF 2 -, -OC(O)-, -C(O)O-, -C(O)N(R 5 )-,
  • each R 1a is hydrogen or -OR 5 ; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkenyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, -R 8 -CN,
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -N(R
  • R 3a and R 3b together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, form a fused ring selected from cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl or heteroaryl, and R 3c and R 3d are as defined above; or R 3b and R 3c , together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, may form a fused ring selected from cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl or heteroaryl, and R 3a and R d are as defined above; or R 3c and R 3d , together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: at least one of j and k is 1 and the other is 0 or 1 ; n is 1 , 2 or 3; m is 0, 1 , 2, 3 or 4 when n is 1 ; or m is 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 when n is 2; Q is -O-;
  • X is O or S
  • Y is -C(R 1 V, -O- or -S(O) P - (where p is 0, 1 or 2); each R 1a is hydrogen or -OR 5 ; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 ,
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2) -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)OR 4 ,
  • R 3a and R 36 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 and -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)OR 4 ; R 3b and R 3c , together with
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is 0 and k is 1 ; n is 1 , 2 or 3; m is O, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
  • X is O; Y is -C(R 1a ) 2 -, -O- or -S(O) P - (where p is 0, 1 or 2); each R 1a is hydrogen or -OR 5 ; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 or -R 8 -N(R 5 )C
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)OR 4 ,
  • R 3a and R ⁇ are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2> -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 ; -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 and -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)OR 4 ;
  • R 3b and R 30 together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, form a fused ring selected from cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl or heteroaryl; each R 4 and R 5 is independently selected from group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl and heteroarylalkyl; and each R 8 is a direct bond or a straight or branched alkylene chain.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is O and k is 1; n is 2 or 3; m is O 1 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; Q is -O-;
  • X is O
  • Y is -C(R 1 V; each R 1a is hydrogen or -OR 5 ; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0,
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 ,
  • R 3a and R ⁇ are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 and -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)OR 4 ;
  • R 3b and R 3c together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, form a fused ring selected from cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl or heteroaryl; each R 4 and R 5 is independently selected from group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl and heteroarylalkyl; and each R 8 is a direct bond or a straight or branched alkylene chain.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is 0 and k is 1 ; n is 2 or 3; m is O, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
  • X is O
  • each R 1a is hydrogen; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 or -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)OR 4 ;
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl,
  • R 33 and R 3d are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalky
  • each R 4 and R 5 is independently selected from group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl and heteroarylalkyl; and each R 8 is a direct bond or a straight or branched alkylene chain.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is 0 and k is 1; n is 2 or 3; m is O; Q is -O-;
  • X is O
  • Y is -C(R 1a ) 2 -; each R 1a is hydrogen;
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl and haloalkyl;
  • R 3a and R 3d are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl and haloalkyl;
  • R 3b and R 30 together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, form a fused 1 ,3-dioxolanyl ring.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) selected from the group consisting of:
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is 0 and k is 1 ; n is 2; m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
  • X is O
  • Y is -O-; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0,
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 ,
  • R 3a and R 30 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 and -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)OR 4 ; R 3b and R 30 , together with the carbon ring atom
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is 0 and k is 1 ; n is 2; m is O, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; Q is -O-; X is O; Y is -O-; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 ,
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2),
  • R 3a and R 3d are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 ,
  • each R 4 and R 5 is independently selected from group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl and heteroarylalkyl; and each R 8 is a direct bond or a straight or branched alkylene chain.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is 0 and k is 1 ; n is 2; m is 0; Q is -O-; X is O;
  • Y is -O-
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl and haloalkyl;
  • R 33 and R 30 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl and haloalkyl;
  • R 3b and R 30 together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, form a fused 1 ,3-dioxolanyl ring.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) which is 3',4'-dihydro-2'/-/-spiro[furo[2,3-/][1 ,3]benzodioxole- 7,7'-[1 ,4]oxazepino[2,3,4- ⁇ /]indol]-6'-one.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is 0 and k is 1 ; n is 2; m is O, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; Q is -O-; X is O;
  • Y is -S(O) P - (where p is 0, 1 or 2); each R 1 is halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0,
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2)
  • R 3b and R 3c together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, form a fused ring selected from cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl or heteroaryl; each R 4 and R 5 is independently selected from group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl and heteroarylalkyl; and each R 8 is a direct bond or a straight or branched alkylene chain.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is 0 and k is 1 ; n is 2; m is O, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
  • X is O
  • Y is -S -; each R 1 is halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 or -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)OR 4 ;
  • R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 , -R 8 -OR 5 , -R 8 -N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -S(O) P R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2),
  • R 3a and R 3d are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, -R 8 -CN, -R 8 -NO 2 ,
  • each R 4 and R 5 is independently selected from group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl and heteroarylalkyl; and each R 8 is a direct bond or a straight or branched alkylene chain.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) wherein: j is 0 and k is 1 ; n is 2; m is 0; Q is -O-; X is O; Y is -S -; R 2a , R 2b and R 2c are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl and haloalkyl;
  • R 3a and R 3 * are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl and haloalkyl;
  • R 3b and R 3c together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, form a fused 1 ,3-dioxolanyl ring.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (Ia), as set forth above, is a compound of formula (Ia) which is 3',4'-dihydro-2'H-spiro[furo[2,3-/][1 ,3]benzodioxole- 7,7'-[1 ,4]thiazepino[2,3,4-/7/]indol]-6'-one.
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, is a compound of formula (I) wherein: s a fused aryl ring; and is a fused aryl ring; and j, k, m, n, q, w, X, Y, Q, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each as defined above in the Summary of the Invention for compounds of formula (I).
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, is a compound of formula (I) wherein: is a fused heteroaryl ring; and is a fused heteroaryl ring; and j, k, m, n, q, w, X, Y, Q 1 R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each as defined above in the Summary of the Invention for compounds of formula (I).
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, is a compound of formula (I) wherein: s a fused heterocyclyl ring; and is a fused heterocyclyl ring; and j, k, m, n, q, w, X, Y, Q, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each as defined above in the Summary of the Invention for compounds of formula (I).
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, is a compound of formula (I) wherein: s a fused aryl ring; and is a fused heteroaryl ring; and j, k, m, n, q, w, X, Y, Q, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each as defined above in the Summary of the Invention for compounds of formula (I).
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, is a compound of formula (I) wherein: s a fused heterocyclyl ring; and is a fused aryl ring; and j, k, m, n, q, w, X, Y, Q, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each as defined above in the Summary of the Invention for compounds of formula (I).
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, is a compound of formula (I) wherein: s a fused aryl ring; and is a fused heterocyclyl ring; and j, k, m, n, q, w, X, Y, Q, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each as defined above in the Summary of the Invention for compounds of formula (I).
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, is a compound of formula (I) wherein: s a fused heteroaryl ring; and is a fused heterocyclyl ring; and j, k, m, n, q, w, X, Y, Q, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each as defined above in the Summary of the Invention for compounds of formula (I).
  • Another embodiment of the compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, is a compound of formula (I) wherein: s a fused heterocyclyl ring; and is a fused heteroaryl ring; and j, k, m, n, q, w, X, Y, Q, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each as defined above in the Summary of the Invention for compounds of formula (I).
  • the compounds of the invention modulate, preferably inhibit, ion flux through a voltage-dependent sodium channel in a mammal, especially in a human. Any such modulation, whether it be partial or complete inhibition or prevention of ion flux, is sometimes referred to herein as “blocking” and corresponding compounds as “blockers”.
  • the compounds of the invention modulates the activity of a sodium channel downwards, inhibits the voltage-dependent activity of the sodium channel, and/or reduces or prevents sodium ion flux across a cell membrane by preventing sodium channel activity such as ion flux.
  • the compounds of the invention inhibit the ion flux through a voltage- dependent sodium channel.
  • the compounds are state or frequency dependent modifers of the sodium channels, having a low affinity for the rested/closed state and a high affinity for the inactivated state. These compounds are likely to interact with overlapping sites located in the inner cavity of the sodium conducting pore of the channel similar to that described for other state-dependent sodium channel blockers (Cestele, S., et al., op. cit). These compounds may also be likely to interact with sites outside of the inner cavity and have allosteric effects on sodium ion conduction through the channel pore.
  • the compounds of the invention are sodium channel blockers and are therefore useful for treating diseases and conditions in mammals, preferably humans, and other organisms, including all those human diseases and conditions which are the result of aberrant voltage-dependent sodium channel biological activity or which may be ameliorated by modulation of voltage-dependent sodium channel biological activity.
  • a sodium channel-mediated disease or condition refers to a disease or condition in a mammal, preferably a human, which is ameliorated upon modulation of the sodium channel and includes, but is not limited to, pain, central nervous conditions such as epilepsy, anxiety, depression and bipolar disease; cardiovascular conditions such as arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation; neuromuscular conditions such as restless leg syndrome and muscle paralysis or tetanus; neuroprotection against stroke, neural trauma and multiple sclerosis; and channelopathies such as erythromyalgia and familial rectal pain syndrome.
  • pain central nervous conditions
  • cardiovascular conditions such as arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation
  • neuromuscular conditions such as restless leg syndrome and muscle paralysis or tetanus
  • neuroprotection against stroke neural trauma and multiple sclerosis
  • channelopathies such as erythromyalgia and familial rectal pain syndrome.
  • the present invention therefore relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of sodium channel-mediated diseases in mammals, preferably humans and preferably diseases related to pain, central nervous conditions such as epilepsy, anxiety, depression and bipolar disease; cardiovascular conditions such as arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation; neuromuscular conditions such as restless leg syndrome and muscle paralysis or tetanus; neuroprotection against stroke, neural trauma and multiple sclerosis; and channelopathies such as erythromyalgia and familial rectal pain syndrome, by administering to a mammal, preferably a human, in need of such treatment an effective amount of a sodium channel blocker modulating, especially inhibiting, agent.
  • central nervous conditions such as epilepsy, anxiety, depression and bipolar disease
  • cardiovascular conditions such as arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation
  • neuromuscular conditions such as restless leg syndrome and muscle paralysis or tetanus
  • the present invention provides a method for treating a mammal for, or protecting a mammal from developing, a sodium channel-mediated disease, especially pain, comprising administering to the mammal, especially a human, in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention wherein the compound modulates the activity of one or more voltage-dependent sodium channels.
  • the general value of the compounds of the invention in mediating, especially inhibiting, the sodium channel ion flux can be determined using the assays described below in the Biological Assays section.
  • the general value of the compounds in treating conditions and diseases in humans may be established in industry standard animal models for demonstrating the efficacy of compounds in treating pain. Animal models of human neuropathic pain conditions have been developed that result in reproducible sensory deficits (allodynia, hyperalgesia, and spontaneous pain) over a sustained period of time that can be evaluated by sensory testing. By establishing the degree of mechanical, chemical, and temperature induced allodynia and hyperalgesia present, several physiopathological conditions observed in humans can be modeled allowing the evaluation of pharmacotherapies.
  • ectopic activity in the injured nerve corresponds to the behavioural signs of pain.
  • intravenous application of the sodium channel blocker and local anesthetic lidocaine can suppress the ectopic activity and reverse the tactile allodynia at concentrations that do not affect general behaviour and motor function (Mao, J. and Chen, LL, Pain (2000), 87:7-17). Allimetric scaling of the doses effective in these rat models, translates into doses similar to those shown to be efficacious in humans (Tanelian, D. L. and Brose, W. G., Anesthesiology (1991 ), 74(5):949-951).
  • Lidoderm® lidocaine applied in the form of a dermal patch
  • a sodium channel-mediated disease or condition also includes pain associated with HIV, HIV treatment induced neuropathy, trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, neuropathy secondary to metastatic infiltration, adiposis dolorosa, thalamic lesions, hypertension, autoimmune disease, asthma, drug addiction (e.g.
  • opiate benzodiazepine, amphetamine, cocaine, alcohol, butane inhalation
  • Alzheimer dementia, age-related memory impairment, Korsakoff syndrome, restenosis, urinary dysfunction, incontinence, Parkinson's disease, cerebrovascular ischemia, neurosis, gastrointestinal disease, sickle cell anemia, transplant rejection, heart failure, myocardial infarction, reperfusion injury, intermittant claudication, angina, convulsion, respiratory disorders, cerebral or myocardial ischemias, long-QT syndrome, Catecholeminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, ophthalmic diseases, spasticity, spastic paraplegia, myopathies, myasthenia gravis, paramyotonia congentia, hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, hypokalemic periodic paralysis, alopecia, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, mania, paranoia, seasonal affective disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), phobias,
  • pain refers to all categories of pain and is recognized to include, but is not limited to, neuropathic pain, inflammatory pain, nociceptive pain, idiopathic pain, neuralgic pain, orofacial pain, burn pain, burning mouth syndrome, somatic pain, visceral pain, myofacial pain, dental pain, cancer pain, chemotherapy pain, trauma pain, surgical pain, post-surgical pain, childbirth pain, labor pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, brachial plexus avulsion, neurogenic bladder, acute pain (e.g.
  • musculoskeletal and post-operative pain chronic pain, persistent pain, peripherally mediated pain, centrally mediated pain, chronic headache, migraine headache, familial hemiplegic migraine, conditions associated with cephalic pain, sinus headache, tension headache, phantom limb pain, peripheral nerve injury, pain following stroke, thalamic lesions, radiculopathy, H IV pain, post-herpetic pain, non- cardiac chest pain, irritable bowel syndrome and pain associated with bowel disorders and dyspepsia, and combinations thereof.
  • Sodium channel blockers have clinical uses in addition to pain. Epilepsy and cardiac arrhythmias are often targets of sodium channel blockers.
  • the present invention also relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prevention of diseases or conditions such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), hypercholesterolemia, cancer and pruritis (itch).
  • Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy, is one of the most common diseases affecting aging men.
  • BPH is a progressive condition which is characterized by a nodular enlargement of prostatic tissue resulting in obstruction of the urethra. Consequences of BPH can include hypertrophy of bladder smooth muscle, a decompensated bladder, acute urinary retention and an increased incidence of urinary tract infection.
  • BPH has a high public health impact and is one of the most common reasons for surgical intervention among elderly men. Attempts have been made to clarify the etiology and pathogenesis and, to that end, experimental models have been developed. Spontaneous animal models are limited to the chimpanzee and the dog. BPH in man and the dog share many common features. In both species, the development of BPH occurs spontaneously with advanced age and can be prevented by early/prepubertal castration. A medical alternative to surgery is very desirable for treating BHP and the consequences.
  • prostatic epithelial hyperplasia in both man and the dog is androgen sensitive, undergoing involution with androgen deprivation and resuming epithelial hyperplasia when androgen is replaced.
  • Cells originating from the prostate gland have been shown to express high levels of voltage gated sodium channels, lmmunostaining studies clearly demonstrated evidence for voltage gated sodium channels in prostatic tissues (Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2005; 8(3):266-73).
  • Hypercholesterolemia i.e., elevated blood cholesterol
  • atherosclerosis coronary artery disease
  • hyperlipidemia stroke
  • hyperinsulinemias hypertension
  • obesity diabetes
  • cardiovascular diseases CVD
  • myocardial ischemia myocardial ischemia
  • heart attack lowering the levels of total serum cholesterol in individuals with high levels of cholesterol has been known to reduce the risk of these diseases.
  • the lowering of low density lipoprotein cholesterol in particular is an essential step in the prevention of CVD.
  • the present compounds may act in a variety of ways. While not wishing to be bound to any particular mechanism of action, the compounds may be direct or indirect inhibitors of the enzyme acyl CoA: cholesterol acyl transferase (ACAT) that results in inhibition of the esterification and transport of cholesterol across the intestinal wall. Another possibility may be that the compounds of the invention may be direct or indirect inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis in the liver. It is possible that some compounds of the invention may act as both direct or indirect inhibitors of ACAT and cholesterol biosynthesis.
  • acyl CoA cholesterol acyl transferase
  • Pruritus commonly known as itch
  • itch is a common dermatological condition. While the exact causes of pruritis are complex and poorly understood, there has long been acknowledged to have interactions with pain. In particular, it is believed that sodium channels likely communicate or propagate along the nerve axon the itch signals along the skin. Transmission of the itch impulses results in the unpleasant sensation that elicits the desire or reflex to scratch. From a neurobiology level, it is believed that there is a shared complexity of specific mediators, related neuronal pathways and the central processes of itch and pain and recent data suggest that there is a broad overlap between pain- and itch- related peripheral mediators and/or receptors (Ikoma et al., Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 7:535-547, 2006). Remarkably, pain and itch have similar mechanisms of neuronal sensitization in the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system but exhibits interesting differences as well.
  • the mildly painful stimuli from scratching are effective in abolishing the itch sensation.
  • analgesics such as opioids can generate severe pruritus.
  • the antagonistic interaction between pain and itch can be exploited in pruritus therapy, and current research concentrates on the identification of common targets for future analgesic and antipruritic therapy.
  • itch or skin irritation include, but are not limited to: a) psoriatic pruritis, itch due to hemodyalisis, aguagenic pruritus, and itching caused by skin disorders (e.g., contact dermatitis), systemic disorders, neuropathy, psychogenic factors or a mixture thereof; b) itch caused by allergic reactions, insect bites, hypersensitivity (e.g., dry skin, acne, eczema, psoriasis), inflammatory conditions or injury; c) itch associated with vulvar vestibulitis; and d) skin irritation or inflammatory effect from administration of another therapeutic such as, for example, antibiotics, antivirals and antihistamines.
  • another therapeutic such as, for example, antibiotics, antivirals and antihistamines.
  • the compounds of the invention are also useful in treating or preventing certain hormone sensitive cancers, such as prostate cancer (adenocarcinoma), breast cancer, ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid neoplasia, in a mammal, preferably a human.
  • hormone sensitive cancers such as prostate cancer (adenocarcinoma), breast cancer, ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid neoplasia, in a mammal, preferably a human.
  • the voltage gated sodium channels have been demonstrated to be expressed in prostate and breast cancer cells. Up-regulation of neonatal Na(v)1.5 occurs as an integral part of the metastatic process in human breast cancer and could serve both as a novel marker of the metastatic phenotype and a therapeutic target (Clin. Cancer Res.2005, Aug. 1 ; 11(15): 5381-9).
  • the compounds of the invention are also useful in treating or preventing symptoms in a mammal associated with BPH such as, but not limited to, acute urinary retention and urinary tract infection.
  • the compounds of the invention are also useful in treating or preventing certain endocrine imbalances or endocrinopathies such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia , hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, rickets, Cushing's Syndrome, Conn's syndrome, hyperaldosteronism, hypogonadism, hypergonadism, infertility, fertility and diabetes.
  • the present invention readily affords many different means for identification of sodium channel modulating agents that are useful as therapeutic agents.
  • Identification of modulators of sodium channel can be assessed using a variety of in vitro and in vivo assays, e.g. measuring current, measuring membrane potential, measuring ion flux, (e.g. sodium or guanidinium), measuring sodium concentration, measuring second messengers and transcription levels, and using e.g., voltage-sensitive dyes, radioactive tracers, and patch-clamp electrophysiology.
  • in vitro and in vivo assays e.g. measuring current, measuring membrane potential, measuring ion flux, (e.g. sodium or guanidinium), measuring sodium concentration, measuring second messengers and transcription levels, and using e.g., voltage-sensitive dyes, radioactive tracers, and patch-clamp electrophysiology.
  • One such protocol involves the screening of chemical agents for ability to modulate the activity of a sodium channel thereby identifying it as a modulating agent.
  • a competitive binding assay with known sodium channel toxins such as tetrodotoxin, alpha-scorpion toxins, aconitine, BTX and the like, may be suitable for identifying potential therapeutic agents with high selectivity for a particular sodium channel.
  • the use of BTX in such a binding assay is well known and is described in McNeal, E.T., et al., J. Med. Chem. (1985), 28(3):381-8; and Creveling, C.R., et al., Methods in Neuroscience, Vol.8: Neurotoxins (Conn PM Ed) (1992), pp. 25-37, Academic Press, New York.
  • the assays can be carried out in cells, or cell or tissue extracts expressing the channel of interest in a natural endogenous setting or in a recombinant setting.
  • the assays that can be used include plate assays which measure Na+ influx through surrogate markers such as 14 C-guanidine influx or determine cell depolarization using fluorescent dyes such as the FRET based and other fluorescent assays or a radiolabeled binding assay employing radiolabeled aconitine, BTX, TTX or STX. More direct measurements can be made with manual or automated electrophysiology systems.
  • the guanidine influx assay is explained in more detail below in the Biological Assays section.
  • Throughput of test compounds is an important consideration in the choice of screening assay to be used. In some strategies, where hundreds of thousands of compounds are to be tested, it is not desirable to use low throughput means. In other cases, however, low throughput is satisfactory to identify important differences between a limited number of compounds. Often it will be necessary to combine assay types to identify specific sodium channel modulating compounds.
  • Electrophysiological assays using patch clamp techniques is accepted as a gold standard for detailed characterization of sodium channel compound interactions, and as described in Bean et al., op. cit. and Leuwer, M., et al., op. cit.
  • TLS low-throughput screening
  • MTS medium-throughput screening
  • HTS high-throughput screening
  • One automated patch-clamp system utilizes planar electrode technology to accelerate the rate of drug discovery.
  • Planar electrodes are capable of achieving high- resistance, cells-attached seals followed by stable, low-noise whole-cell recordings that are comparable to conventional recordings.
  • a suitable instrument is the PatchXpress 7000A (Axon Instruments Inc, Union City, CA).
  • a variety of cell lines and culture techniques, which include adherent cells as well as cells growing spontaneously in suspension are ranked for seal success rate and stability.
  • Immortalized cells e.g. HEK and CHO
  • stably expressing high levels of the relevant sodium ion channel can be adapted into high-density suspension cultures.
  • assays can be selected which allow the investigator to identify compounds which block specific states of the channel, such as the open state, closed state or the resting state, or which block transition from open to closed, closed to resting or resting to open. Those skilled in the art are generally familiar with such assays.
  • Binding assays are also available, however these are of only limited functional value and information content. Designs include traditional radioactive filter based binding assays or the confocal based fluorescent system available from Evotec OAI group of companies (Hamburg, Germany), both of which are HTS.
  • Radioactive flux assays can also be used.
  • channels are stimulated to open with veratridine or aconitine and held in a stabilized open state with a toxin, and channel blockers are identified by their ability to prevent ion influx.
  • the assay can use radioactive 22 [Na] and 14 [C] guanidinium ions as tracers.
  • FlashPlate & Cytostar-T plates in living cells avoids separation steps and are suitable for HTS. Scintillation plate technology has also advanced this method to HTS suitability. Because of the functional aspects of the assay, the information content is reasonably good.
  • HTS FLIPR system membrane potential kit
  • Sodium dyes can be used to measure the rate or amount of sodium ion influx through a channel. This type of assay provides a very high information content regarding potential channel blockers. The assay is functional and would measure Na+ influx directly. CoroNa Red, SBFI and/or sodium green (Molecular Probes, Inc. Eugene OR) can be used to measure Na influx; all are Na responsive dyes. They can be used in combination with the FLIPR instrument. The use of these dyes in a screen has not been previously described in the literature. Calcium dyes may also have potential in this format.
  • FRET based voltage sensors are used to measure the ability of a test compound to directly block Na influx.
  • HTS systems include the VIPRTM Il FRET system (Aurora Biosciences Corporation, San Diego, CA, a division of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) which may be used in conjunction with
  • FRET dyes also available from Aurora Biosciences. This assay measures sub-second responses to voltage changes. There is no requirement for a modifier of channel function. The assay measures depolarization and hyperpolarizations, and provides ratiometric outputs for quantification. A somewhat less expensive MTS version of this assay employs the FLEXstationTM (Molecular Devices Corporation) in conjunction with FRET dyes from Aurora Biosciences. Other methods of testing the compounds disclosed herein are also readily known and available to those skilled in the art.
  • SAR structure-activity relationship
  • Modulating agents so identified are then tested in a variety of in vivo models so as to determine if they alleviate pain, especially chronic pain or other conditions such as arrhythmias and epilepsy, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), hypercholesterolemia, cancer and pruritis (itch) with minimal adverse events, .
  • BPH benign prostatic hyperplasia
  • itch hypercholesterolemia
  • the assays described below in the Biological Assays Section are useful in assessing the biological activity of the instant compounds.
  • a successful therapeutic agent of the present invention will meet some or all of the following criteria. Oral availability should be at or above 20%.
  • Animal model efficacy is less than about 0.1 ⁇ g to about 100 mg/Kg body weight and the target human dose is between 0.1 ⁇ g to about 100 mg/Kg body weight, although doses outside of this range may be acceptable ("mg/Kg” means milligrams of compound per kilogram of body mass of the subject to whom it is being administered).
  • the therapeutic index (or ratio of toxic dose to therapeutic dose) should be greater than 100.
  • the potency (as expressed by IC 50 value) should be less than 10 ⁇ M, preferably below 1 ⁇ M and most preferably below 50 nM.
  • the IC 50 is a measure of the amount of compound required to achieve 50% inhibition of ion flux through a sodium channel, over a specific time period, in an assay of the invention.
  • Compounds of the present invention in the guanidine influx assay have demonstrated IC-50s ranging from less than a nanomolar to less than 10 micromolar.
  • the compounds of the invention can be used in in vitro or in vivo studies as exemplary agents for comparative purposes to find other compounds also useful in treatment of, or protection from, the various diseases disclosed herein.
  • Another aspect of the invention relates to inhibiting Na/1.1 , Na/I .2, Na/I .3, Nav/I .4, Na/I .5, Nav/I .6, Na/I .7, Na/1.8, or Na v 1.9 activity in a biological sample or a mammal, preferably a human, which method comprises administering to the mammal, preferably a human, or contacting said biological sample with a compound of formula I or a composition comprising said compound.
  • biological sample includes, without limitation, cell cultures or extracts thereof; biopsied material obtained from a mammal or extracts thereof; and blood, saliva, urine, feces, semen, tears, or other body fluids or extracts thereof.
  • Inhibition of Naalle1.1 , Na v 1.2, Na v 1.3, Na/I .4, Na/I .5, Na/I .6, Na/I .7, Na v 1.8, or Na/I .9 activity in a biological sample is useful for a variety of purposes that are known to one of skill in the art. Examples of such purposes include, but are not limited to, the study of sodium ion channels in biological and pathological phenomena; and the comparative evaluation of new sodium ion channel inhibitors.
  • the compounds of the invention as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, and/or the pharmaceutical compositions described herein which comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and one or more compounds of the invention, as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, as a stereoisomer, enantiomer, tautomer thereof or mixtures thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, can be used in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of sodium channel- mediated disease or condition in a mammal.
  • the present invention also relates to pharmaceutical composition containing the compounds of the invention disclosed herein.
  • the present invention relates to a composition comprising compounds of the invention in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and in an amount effective to modulate, preferably inhibit, ion flux through a voltage-dependent sodium channel to treat sodium channel mediated diseases, such as pain, when administered to an animal, preferably a mammal, most preferably a human patient.
  • compositions of the invention can be prepared by combining a compound of the invention with an appropriate pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient, and may be formulated into preparations in solid, semi-solid, liquid or gaseous forms, such as tablets, capsules, powders, granules, ointments, solutions, suppositories, injections, inhalants, gels, microspheres, and aerosols.
  • compositions of the invention are formulated so as to allow the active ingredients contained therein to be bioavailable upon administration of the composition to a patient.
  • Compositions that will be administered to a subject or patient take the form of one or more dosage units, where for example, a tablet may be a single dosage unit, and a container of a compound of the invention in aerosol form may hold a plurality of dosage units.
  • composition to be administered will, in any event, contain a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treatment of a disease or condition of interest in accordance with the teachings of this invention.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention may be in the form of a solid or liquid.
  • the carrier(s) are particulate, so that the compositions are, for example, in tablet or powder form.
  • the carrier(s) may be liquid, with the compositions being, for example, an oral syrup, injectable liquid or an aerosol, which is useful in, for example, inhalatory administration.
  • the pharmaceutical composition When intended for oral administration, the pharmaceutical composition is preferably in either solid or liquid form, where semi-solid, semi-liquid, suspension and gel forms are included within the forms considered herein as either solid or liquid.
  • the pharmaceutical composition may be formulated into a powder, granule, compressed tablet, pill, capsule, chewing gum, wafer or the like form.
  • a solid composition will typically contain one or more inert diluents or edible carriers.
  • binders such as carboxymethylcellulose, ethyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, gum tragacanth or gelatin; excipients such as starch, lactose or dextrins, disintegrating agents such as alginic acid, sodium alginate, Primogel, corn starch and the like; lubricants such as magnesium stearate or Sterotex; glidants such as colloidal silicon dioxide; sweetening agents such as sucrose or saccharin; a flavoring agent such as peppermint, methyl salicylate or orange flavoring; and a coloring agent.
  • excipients such as starch, lactose or dextrins, disintegrating agents such as alginic acid, sodium alginate, Primogel, corn starch and the like
  • lubricants such as magnesium stearate or Sterotex
  • glidants such as colloidal silicon dioxide
  • sweetening agents such as sucrose or saccharin
  • a flavoring agent such as peppermint, methyl sal
  • the pharmaceutical composition When the pharmaceutical composition is in the form of a capsule, for example, a gelatin capsule, it may contain, in addition to materials of the above type, a liquid carrier such as polyethylene glycol or oil.
  • a liquid carrier such as polyethylene glycol or oil.
  • the pharmaceutical composition may be in the form of a liquid, for example, an elixir, syrup, solution, emulsion or suspension.
  • the liquid may be for oral administration or for delivery by injection, as two examples.
  • preferred composition contain, in addition to the present compounds, one or more of a sweetening agent, preservatives, dye/colorant and flavor enhancer.
  • a surfactant, preservative, wetting agent, dispersing agent, suspending agent, buffer, stabilizer and isotonic agent may be included.
  • the liquid pharmaceutical compositions of the invention may include one or more of the following adjuvants: sterile diluents such as water for injection, saline solution, preferably physiological saline, Ringer's solution, isotonic sodium chloride, fixed oils such as synthetic mono or diglycerides which may serve as the solvent or suspending medium, polyethylene glycols, glycerin, propylene glycol or other solvents; antibacterial agents such as benzyl alcohol or methyl paraben; antioxidants such as ascorbic acid or sodium bisulfite; chelating agents such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; buffers such as acetates, citrates or phosphates and agents for the adjustment of tonicity such as sodium chloride or dextrose.
  • the parenteral preparation can be enclosed in ampoules, disposable syringes or multiple dose vials made of glass or plastic.
  • Physiological saline is a preferred adjuvant.
  • a liquid pharmaceutical composition of the invention intended for either parenteral or oral administration should contain an amount of a compound of the invention such that a suitable dosage will be obtained. Typically, this amount is at least 0.01% of a compound of the invention in the composition. When intended for oral administration, this amount may be varied to be between 0.1 and about 70% of the weight of the composition.
  • Preferred oral pharmaceutical compositions contain between about 4% and about 50% of the compound of the invention.
  • Preferred pharmaceutical compositions and preparations according to the present invention are prepared so that a parenteral dosage unit contains between 0.01 to 10% by weight of the compound prior to dilution of the invention.
  • the pharmaceutical composition of the invention may be intended for topical administration, in which case the carrier may suitably comprise a solution, emulsion, ointment or gel base.
  • the base for example, may comprise one or more of the following: petrolatum, lanolin, polyethylene glycols, bee wax, mineral oil, diluents such as water and alcohol, and emulsifiers and stabilizers.
  • Thickening agents may be present in a pharmaceutical composition for topical administration.
  • the composition may include a transdermal patch or iontophoresis device.
  • Topical formulations may contain a concentration of the compound of the invention from about 0.1 to about 10% w/v (weight per unit volume).
  • the pharmaceutical composition of the invention may be intended for rectal administration, in the form, for example, of a suppository, which will melt in the rectum and release the drug.
  • the composition for rectal administration may contain an oleaginous base as a suitable nonirritating excipient.
  • bases include, without limitation, lanolin, cocoa butter and polyethylene glycol.
  • the pharmaceutical composition of the invention may include various materials, which modify the physical form of a solid or liquid dosage unit.
  • the composition may include materials that form a coating shell around the active ingredients.
  • the materials that form the coating shell are typically inert, and may be selected from, for example, sugar, shellac, and other enteric coating agents.
  • the active ingredients may be encased in a gelatin capsule.
  • the pharmaceutical composition of the invention in solid or liquid form may include an agent that binds to the compound of the invention and thereby assists in the delivery of the compound. Suitable agents that may act in this capacity include a monoclonal or polyclonal antibody, a protein or a liposome.
  • the pharmaceutical composition of the invention may consist of dosage units that can be administered as an aerosol.
  • aerosol is used to denote a variety of systems ranging from those of colloidal nature to systems consisting of pressurized packages. Delivery may be by a liquefied or compressed gas or by a suitable pump system that dispenses the active ingredients. Aerosols of compounds of the invention may be delivered in single phase, bi-phasic, or tri-phasic systems in order to deliver the active ingredient(s).
  • the aerosol includes the necessary container, activators, valves, subcontainers, and the like, which together may form a kit.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention may be prepared by methodology well known in the pharmaceutical art.
  • a pharmaceutical composition intended to be administered by injection can be prepared by combining a compound of the invention with sterile, distilled water so as to form a solution.
  • a surfactant may be added to facilitate the formation of a homogeneous solution or suspension.
  • Surfactants are compounds that non-covalently interact with the compound of the invention so as to facilitate dissolution or homogeneous suspension of the compound in the aqueous delivery system.
  • the compounds of the invention are administered in a therapeutically effective amount, which will vary depending upon a variety of factors including the activity of the specific compound employed; the metabolic stability and length of action of the compound; the age, body weight, general health, sex, and diet of the patient; the mode and time of administration; the rate of excretion; the drug combination; the severity of the particular disorder or condition; and the subject undergoing therapy.
  • a therapeutically effective daily dose is (for a 70 kg mammal) from about 0.001 mg/kg (i.e., 0.7 mg) to about 100 mg/kg (i.e., 7.0 gm); preferaby a therapeutically effective dose is (for a 70 kg mammal) from about 0.01 mg/kg (i.e., 7 mg) to about 50 mg/kg (i.e., 3.5 gm); more preferably a therapeutically effective dose is (for a 70 kg mammal) from about 1 mg/kg (i.e., 70 mg) to about 25 mg/kg (i.e., 1.75 gm).
  • a typical regimen for treatment of sodium channel-mediated disease comprises administration of an effective amount over a period of one or several days, up to and including between one week and about six months, or it may be chronic.
  • the ranges of effective doses provided herein are not intended to be limiting and represent preferred dose ranges.
  • the most preferred dosage will be tailored to the individual subject, as is understood and determinable by one skilled in the relevant arts, (see, e.g., Berkowet al., eds., The Merck Manual, 16 th edition, Merck and Co., Rahway, N.J., 1992; Goodmanetna., eds..Goodman and Oilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 10 th edition, Pergamon Press, Inc., Elmsford, N.Y., (2001); Avery's Drug Treatment: Principles and Practice of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 3rd edition, ADIS Press, LTD., Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD.
  • the total dose required for each treatment can be administered by multiple doses or in a single dose over the course of the day, if desired. Generally, treatment is initiated with smaller dosages, which are less than the optimum dose of the compound. Thereafter, the dosage is increased by small increments until the optimum effect under the circumstances is reached.
  • the diagnostic pharmaceutical compound or composition can be administered alone or in conjunction with other diagnostics and/or pharmaceuticals directed to the pathology, or directed to other symptoms of the pathology.
  • the recipients of administration of compounds and/or compositions of the invention can be any vertebrate animal, such as mammals.
  • the preferred recipients are mammals of the Orders Primate (including humans, apes and monkeys), Arteriodactyla (including horses, goats, cows, sheep, pigs), Rodenta (including mice, rats, rabbits, and hamsters), and Carnivora (including cats, and dogs).
  • the preferred recipients are turkeys, chickens and other members of the same order. The most preferred recipients are humans.
  • a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention for topical applications, it is preferred to administer an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention to target area, e.g., skin surfaces, mucous membranes, and the like, which are adjacent to peripheral neurons which are to be treated.
  • This amount will generally range from about 0.0001 mg to about 1 g of a compound of the invention per application, depending upon the area to be treated, whether the use is diagnostic, prophylactic or therapeutic, the severity of the symptoms, and the nature of the topical vehicle employed.
  • a preferred topical preparation is an ointment, wherein about 0.001 to about 50 mg of active ingredient is used per cc of ointment base.
  • the pharmaceutical composition can be formulated as transdermal compositions or transdermal delivery devices ("patches"). Such compositions include, for example, a backing, active compound reservoir, a control membrane, liner and contact adhesive. Such transdermal patches may be used to provide continuous pulsatile, or on demand delivery of the compounds of the present invention as desired.
  • compositions of the invention can be formulated so as to provide quick, sustained or delayed release of the active ingredient after administration to the patient by employing procedures known in the art.
  • Controlled release drug delivery systems include osmotic pump systems and dissolutional systems containing polymer-coated reservoirs or drug-polymer matrix formulations. Examples of controlled release systems are given in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,845,770 and 4,326,525 and in P. J. Kuzma et al, Regional Anesthesia 22 (6): 543-551 (1997), all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the compositions of the invention can also be delivered through intra-nasal drug delivery systems for local, systemic, and nose-to-brain medical therapies.
  • Controlled Particle Dispersion (CPD)TM technology traditional nasal spray bottles, inhalers or nebulizers are known by those skilled in the art to provide effective local and systemic delivery of drugs by targeting the olfactory region and paranasal sinuses.
  • the invention also relates to an intravaginal shell or core drug delivery device suitable for administration to the human or animal female.
  • the device may be comprised of the active pharmaceutical ingredient in a polymer matrix, surrounded by a sheath, and capable of releasing the compound in a substantially zero order pattern on a daily basis similar to devises used to apply testosterone as desscribed in PCT Patent No. WO 98/50016.
  • the compounds of the invention may be usefully combined with one or more other compounds of the invention or one or more other therapeutic agent or as any combination thereof, in the treatment of sodium channel-mediated diseases and conditions.
  • a compound of formula (I) may be administered simultaneously, sequentially or separately in combination with other therapeutic agents, including, but not limited to:
  • opiates analgesics e.g. morphine, heroin, cocaine, oxymorphine, levorphanol, levallorphan, oxycodone, codeine, dihydrocodeine, propoxyphene, nalmefene, fentanyl, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, meripidine, methadone, nalorphine, naloxone, naltrexone, buprenorphine, butorphanol, nalbuphine and pentazocine;
  • morphine heroin, cocaine, oxymorphine, levorphanol, levallorphan, oxycodone, codeine, dihydrocodeine, propoxyphene, nalmefene, fentanyl, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, meripidine, methadone, nalorphine, naloxone, naltrexone, buprenorphine, butorphanol, nalbuphine and pentazocine;
  • non-opiate analgesics e.g. acetomeniphen, salicylates (e.g. aspirin);
  • nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs e.g. ibuprofen, naproxen, fenoprofen, ketoprofen, celecoxib, diclofenac, diflusinal, etodolac, fenbufen, fenoprofen, flufenisal, flurbiprofen, ibuprofen, indomethacin, ketoprofen, ketorolac, meclofenamic acid, mefenamic acid, meloxicam, nabumetone, naproxen, nimesulide, nitroflurbiprofen, olsalazine, oxaprozin, phenylbutazone, piroxicam, sulfasalazine, sulindac, tolmetin and zomepirac; • anticonvulsants, e.g. carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine,
  • antidepressants such as tricyclic antidepressants, e.g. amitriptyline, clomipramine, despramine, imipramine and nortriptyline;
  • COX-2 selective inhibitors e.g. celecoxib, rofecoxib, parecoxib, valdecoxib, deracoxib, etoricoxib, and lumiracoxib;
  • alpha-adrenergics e.g. doxazosin, tamsulosin, clonidine, guanfacine, dexmetatomidine, modafinil, and 4-amino-6,7-dimethoxy-2-(5- methane sulfonamido-1 ,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinol-2-yl)-5-(2-pyridyl) quinazoline;
  • barbiturate sedatives e.g. amobarbital, aprobarbital, butabarbital, butabital, mephobarbital, metharbital, methohexital, pentobarbital, phenobartital, secobarbital, talbutal, theamylal and thiopental;
  • tachykinin (NK) antagonist particularly an NK-3, NK-2 or NK-1 antagonist, e.g. ( ⁇ R, 9R)-7-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)]-8,9,10,11-tetrahydro-9-methyl-5-(4- methylphenyl)-7H-[1 ,4]diazocino[2,1-g][1 ,7]-naphthyridine-6-13-dione (TAK- 637), 5-[[2R,3S)-2-[(1 R)-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethylphenyl]ethoxy-3-(4- fluorophenyl)-4-morpholinyl]-methyl]-1 ,2-dihydro-3H-1 ,2,4-triazol-3-one (MK- 869), aprepitant, lanepitant, dapitant or 3-[[2-methoxy5- (trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]
  • serotonin reuptake inhibitors e.g. paroxetine, sertraline, norfluoxetine (fluoxetine desmethyl metabolite), metabolite demethylsertraline, '3 fluvoxamine, paroxetine, citalopram, citalopram metabolite desmethylcitalopram, escitalopram, d,l-fenfluramine, femoxetine, ifoxetine, cyanodothiepin, litoxetine, dapoxetine, nefazodone, cericlamine, trazodone and fluoxetine;
  • noradrenaline (norepinephrine) reuptake inhibitors e.g. maprotiline, lofepramine, mirtazepine, oxaprotiline, fezolamine, tomoxetine, mianserin, buproprion, buproprion metabolite hydroxybuproprion, nomifensine and viloxazine (Vivalan®)
  • a selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor such as reboxetine, in particular (S.S)-reboxetine, and venlafaxine duloxetine neuroleptics sedative/anxiolytics;
  • acetylcholinesterase inhibitors such as donepezil
  • 5-HT3 antagonists such as ondansetron
  • mGluR metabotropic glutamate receptor
  • antiarrhythimics e.g. mexiletine and phenytoin
  • muscarinic antagonists e.g., tolterodine, propiverine, tropsium t chloride, darifenacin, solifenacin, temiverine and ipratropium;
  • cannabinoids • vanilloid receptor agonists (e.g. resinferatoxin) or antagonists (e.g. capsazepine);
  • sedatives e.g. glutethimide, meprobamate, methaqualone, and dichloralphenazone;
  • anxiolytics such as benzodiazepines
  • antidepressants such as mirtazapine
  • topical agents e.g. lidocaine, capsacin and resiniferotoxin
  • muscle relaxants such as benzodiazepines, baclofen, carisoprodol, chlorzoxazone, cyclobenzaprine, methocarbamol and orphrenadine; • antihistamines or H 1 antagonists;
  • Sodium channel-mediated diseases and conditions that may be treated and/or prevented using such combinations include but not limited to, pain, central and peripherally mediated, acute, chronic, neuropathic as well as other diseases with associated pain and other central nervous disorders such as epilepsy, anxiety, depression and bipolar disease; or cardiovascular disorders such as arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation; neuromuscular disorders such as restless leg syndrome and muscle paralysis or tetanus; neuroprotection against stroke, neural trauma and multiple sclerosis; and channelopathies such as erythromyalgia and familial rectal pain syndrome.
  • “combination” refers to any mixture or permutation of one or more compounds of the invention and one or more other compounds of the invention or one or more additional therapeutic agent. Unless the context makes clear otherwise, “combination” may include simultaneous or sequentially delivery of a compound of the invention with one or more therapeutic agents. Unless the context makes clear otherwise, “combination” may include dosage forms of a compound of the invention with another therapeutic agent. Unless the context makes clear otherwise, “combination” may include routes of administration of a compound of the invention with another therapeutic agent. Unless the context makes clear otherwise, “combination” may include formulations of a compound of the invention with another therapeutic agent. Dosage forms, routes of administration and pharmaceutical compositions include, but are not limited to, those described herein.
  • kits that contain a pharmaceutical composition which includes one or more compounds of the above formulae.
  • the kit also includes instructions for the use of the pharmaceutical composition for modulating the activity of ion channels, for the treatment of pain, as well as other utilities as disclosed herein.
  • a commercial package will contain one or more unit doses of the pharmaceutical composition.
  • a unit dose may be an amount sufficient for the preparation of an intravenous injection.
  • compounds which are light and/or air sensitive may require special packaging and/or formulation.
  • packaging may be used which is opaque to light, and/or sealed from contact with ambient air, and/or formulated with suitable coatings or excipients.
  • Suitable protecting groups include hydroxy, amino, mercapto and carboxylic acid.
  • Suitable protecting groups for hydroxy include trialkylsilyl or diarylalkylsilyl (e.g., f-butyldimethylsilyl, f-butyldiphenylsilyl or trimethylsilyl), tetrahydropyranyl, benzyl, and the like.
  • Suitable protecting groups for amino, amidino and guanidino include benzyl, f-butoxycarbonyl, benzyloxycarbonyl, and the like.
  • Suitable protecting groups for mercapto include -C(O)-R" (where R" is alkyl, aryl or arylalkyl), p-methoxybenzyl, trityl and the like.
  • Suitable protecting groups for carboxylic acid include alkyl, aryl or arylalkyl esters.
  • Protecting groups may be added or removed in accordance with standard techniques, which are known to one skilled in the art and as described herein.
  • the protecting group may also be a polymer resin such as a Wang resin or a 2-chlorotrityl- chloride resin.
  • Compounds of formula (1-1) are compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, where Q is -O-, j is 0, k is 1 and X is O.
  • Compounds of formula (I-2) are compounds of formula (I), as set forth above in the Summary of the Invention, where Q is -O-, j is 0, k is 1 and X is S.
  • Compounds of formula (1-1) and formula (1-2) can be synthesized following the general procedure as described in REACTION SCHEME 1 below:
  • the removal of the hydroxyl group at the C-3 position of the compound of formula (E) can be achieved by treating a compound of formula (E) with a silane reagent such as triethylsilane in the presence of an acid such as, but not limited to, trifluoroacetic acid to yield a compound of formula (F). It can also be achieved by treating a compound of formula (E) with SOCI 2 /NEt 3 followed by reduction with Zn dust to give a compound of formula (F). The resulting compound of formula (F) is treated with a base, such as, but not limited to, cesium carbonate or potassium carbonate in the presence of dihalomethane such as, but not limited to, chloroiodomethane to produce compounds of formula (1-1).
  • a base such as, but not limited to, cesium carbonate or potassium carbonate in the presence of dihalomethane such as, but not limited to, chloroiodomethane to produce compounds of formula (1-1).
  • a compound of formula (F) is treated with a base, such as, but not limited to, diisopropylamine, lithium diisopropylamide or sodium hydroxide, followed by reaction with formaldehyde to generate the hydroxymethyl intermediate of formula (G).
  • a base such as, but not limited to, diisopropylamine, lithium diisopropylamide or sodium hydroxide
  • Intramolecular cyclization of compound (G) via Mitsunobu reaction employing a phosphine reagent such as, but not limited to, triphenylphosphine or tributylphosphine and an azo reagent such as, but not limited to, diethyl azodicarboxylate, diisopropyl azodicarboxylate, di-tert-butyl azodicarboxylate or tetramethyl diazenedicarboxamide, in a solvent such as, but not limited to, tetrahydrofuran, dichloromethane or ethyl acetate affords a compound of formula (1-1 ) of the invention where X is O.
  • a phosphine reagent such as, but not limited to, triphenylphosphine or tributylphosphine
  • an azo reagent such as, but not limited to, diethyl azodicarboxylate, diisoprop
  • Compound of formula (1-1 ) can be treated with a sulfur reagent such as, but not limited to, 2,4- bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,2,4-dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide (Lawesson reagent) or bis(tricyclohexyltin) sulfide to provide compound of formula (I-2) of the invention.
  • a sulfur reagent such as, but not limited to, 2,4- bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,2,4-dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide (Lawesson reagent) or bis(tricyclohexyltin) sulfide to provide compound of formula (I-2) of the invention.
  • a sulfur reagent such as, but not limited to, 2,4- bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,2,4-dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulf
  • R 2a and R 2b together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, may form a fused ring selected from cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl and heteroaryl, and R 2c is as defined above; or R 2b and R 2c , together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, may form a fused ring selected from cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl and heteroaryl, and R 2c is as defined above; or R 2b and R 2c , together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, may form a fused ring selected from cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl and heteroaryl, and R 2c is as defined above; or R 2b and R 2c , together with the carbon ring atoms to which they are directly attached, may form a fused ring selected from cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl and heteroaryl, and R 2c is as
  • R 4 (where p is 0, 1 or 2), -R 8 -OS(O) 2 CF 3 , -R 8 -C(O)R 4 ; -R 8 -C(S)R 4 , -R 8 -C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(S)OR 4 , -R 8 -C(O)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -C(S)N(R 4 )R 5 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)R 4 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(S)R 4 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(O)OR 4 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(S)OR 4 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(S)OR 4 , -R 8 -N(R 5 )C(S)OR 4 , -R 8 -N(R 5
  • Compounds of formula (la-1 ) are compounds of formula (Ia), as described above, where X is O.
  • Compounds of formula (la-2) are compounds of formula (Ia), as described above, where X is S.
  • Compounds of formula (la-1 ) and compounds of formula (la-2) can be synthesized according to the can be synthesized following the general procedure as described in REACTION SCHEME 2 below where j, k, n, m, Y, X, Q and R 1 are as described above in the Summary of the Invention for the compounds of formula (I) and R 2a , R 2b , R 2c , R 3a , R 3b , R 3c and R M are as described above for the compounds of formula (Ia); V is chloro or bromo and R" is an alkyl group:
  • the phenol compound of formula (Ca) is treated with a Grignard reagent (compound of formula Da) at a low temperature (0 0 C) to form a phenoxymagnesium halide intermediate which reacts with the keto-carbonyl group of the isatin compound of formula (Ba) in a solvent, such as, but not limited to, methylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran or toluene, to afford the oxindole compound of formula (Ea).
  • a solvent such as, but not limited to, methylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran or toluene
  • the removal of the hydroxyl group at the C-3 position of the compound of formula (Ea) can be achieved by treating the compound of formula (Ea) with a silane reagent, such as triethylsilane, in the presence of an acid, such as, but not limited to, trifluoroacetic acid.
  • a silane reagent such as triethylsilane
  • an acid such as, but not limited to, trifluoroacetic acid.
  • the removal of the hydroxyl group at the C-3 position of the compound of formula (Ea) can also be achieved by treating the compound of formula (Ea) with SOCI 2 /NEt 3 , followed by reduction with Zn dust to give a compound of formula (Fa).
  • the compound of formula (Fa) is then treated with a base, such as, but not limited to, diisopropylamine, lithium diisopropylamide or sodium hydroxide, followed by reaction with formaldehyde to generate the hydroxymethyl intermediate compound of formula (Ga).
  • a base such as, but not limited to, diisopropylamine, lithium diisopropylamide or sodium hydroxide
  • formaldehyde to generate the hydroxymethyl intermediate compound of formula (Ga).
  • Intramolecular cyclization of the compound of formula (Ga) via Mitsunobu reaction affords the compound of formula (la-1) of the invention where Q is -O-, j is 0, k is 1 and X is O.
  • compound of formula (Fa) treatment of compound of formula (Fa) with a base, such as, but not limited to, cesium carbonate and dihalomethane such as, but not limited to, chloroiodomethane, provides the compound of formula (I-2) of the invention where Q is -O-, j is 0, k is 1 and X is O.
  • a base such as, but not limited to, cesium carbonate and dihalomethane such as, but not limited to, chloroiodomethane
  • a sulfur reagent such as, but not limited to, 2,4-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1 ,3,2,4- dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide (Lawesson reagent) or bis(tricyclohexyltin) sulfide
  • All of the compounds described above as being prepared which may exist in free base or acid form may be converted to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts by treatment with the appropriate inorganic or organic base or acid. Salts of the compounds prepared above may be converted to their free base or acid form by standard techniques. It is understood that all polymorphs, amorphous forms, anhydrates, hydrates, solvates and salts of the compounds of formula (I) are intended to be within the scope of the invention. Furthermore, all compounds of formula (I) which contain an acid or an ester group can be converted to the corresponding ester or acid, respectively, by methods known to one skilled in the art or by methods described herein.
  • each NMR may represent a single stereoisomer, a non-racemic mixture of stereoisomers or a racemic mixture of the stereoisomers of the compound.
  • reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 12 hours followed by the additions of trifluoroacetic acid (1.7 g, 15 mmol) and triethylsilane (1.16 g, 10 mmol).
  • trifluoroacetic acid 1.7 g, 15 mmol
  • triethylsilane 1.16 g, 10 mmol
  • the reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 16 hours, quenched with saturated ammonium chloride ( 5 mL), diluted with dichloromethane (50 mL) and washed with water (2 X 50 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered.
  • reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 16 hours, quenched with saturated ammonium chloride solution (5 mL) and diluted with ethyl acetate (200 mL). The organic layer was washed with 2 M hydrochloric acid solution (50 mL), water (100 mL), dried over sodium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to dryness.
  • This example describes an in vitro assay for testing and profiling test agents against human or rat sodium channels stably expressed in cells of either an endogenous or recombinant origin.
  • the assay is also useful for determining the IC-50 of a sodium channel blocking compound.
  • the assay is based on the guanidine flux assay described by Reddy, N. L., et al., J Med Chem (1998), 41(17):3298-302.
  • the guanidine influx assay is a radiotracer flux assay used to determine ion flux activity of sodium channels in a high-throughput microplate-based format.
  • the assay uses 14 C-guanidine hydrochloride in combination with various known sodium channel modulators, to assay the potency of test agents. Potency is determined by an IC-50 calculation. Selectivity is determined by comparing potency of the compound for the channel of interest to its potency against other sodium channels (also called 'selectivity profiling').
  • test agents are assayed against cells that express the channels of interest.
  • Voltage gated sodium channels are either TTX sensitive or insensitive. This property is useful when evaluating the activities of a channel of interest when it resides in a mixed population with other sodium channels.
  • Table 1 summarizes cell lines useful in screening for a certain channel activity in the presence or absence of TTX.
  • Cells expressing the channel of interest are grown according to the supplier or in the case of a recombinant cell in the presence of selective growth media such as G418 (Gibco/lnvitrogen).
  • the cells are disassociated from the culture dishes with an enzymatic solution (1X) Trypsin/EDTA (Gibco/lnvitrogen) and analyzed for density and viability using haemocytometer (Neubauer).
  • Disassociated cells are washed and resuspended in their culture media then plated into Scintiplates (Beckman Coulter Inc.) (approximately 100,000 cells/ well) and incubated at 37 °C/5% CO 2 for 20-24 hours.
  • LNHBSS Low sodium HEPES-buffered saline solution
  • the Scintiplates are incubated at ambient temperature. Following the incubation, the Scintplates are extensively washed with LNHBSS supplemented with guanidine
  • test agent is selective for a particular sodium channel.
  • IC-50 value of a test agent for a specific sodium channel may be determined using the above general method.
  • IC-50 may be determined using a 3, 8, 10, 12 or 16 point curve in duplicate or triplicate with a starting concentration of 1 , 5 or 10 ⁇ M diluted serially with a final concentration reaching the sub-nanomolar, nanomolar and low micromolar ranges.
  • the mid-point concentration of test agent is set at 1 ⁇ M, and sequential concentrations of half dilutions greater or smaller are applied (e.g. 0.5 ⁇ M; 5 ⁇ M and 0.25 ⁇ M; 10 ⁇ M and 0.125 ⁇ M; 20 ⁇ M etc.).
  • the fold selectivity, factor of selectivity or multiple of selectivity is calculated by dividing the IC-50 value of the test sodium channel by the reference sodium channel, for example, Na v 1.5.
  • IC 50 (nM) activity level as set forth below in Table 2 wherein "A” refers to an IC 50 activity level of from 1 nM to 10 nM, “B” refers to an IC 50 activity level from 10 nM to 100 nM, “C” refers to an IC 50 activity level from 100 nM to 1000 nM, and “D” refers to an IC 50 activity level equal to or greater than 1000 nM.
  • A refers to an IC 50 activity level of from 1 nM to 10 nM
  • B refers to an IC 50 activity level from 10 nM to 100 nM
  • C refers to an IC 50 activity level from 100 nM to 1000 nM
  • D refers to an IC 50 activity level equal to or greater than 1000 nM.
  • the Synthetic Example numbers provided in Table 2 correspond to the Synthetic Examples herein:
  • a single "diary" protocol with a holding potential of -110m V is created to record the resting state current (10ms test pulse), the current after fast inactivation (5 ms pre-pulse of -80 to -50 mV followed by a 10 ms test pulse), and the current during various holding potentials (35 ms ramp to test pulse levels).
  • Compounds are applied during the "diary" protocol and the block is monitored at 15 s intervals. After the compounds equilibrated, the voltage-dependence of the steady-state inactivation in the presence of the compound is determined.
  • V max is the rate of inhibition
  • h is the Hill coefficient (for interacting sites)
  • K m is Michaelis-Menten constant
  • [Drug] is the concentration of the test compound.
  • the drug concentration is numerically equal to K m and approximates the K r and K 1 , respectively.
  • BIOLOGICAL EXAMPLE 3 Analgesia Induced by Sodium Channel Blockers Heat Induced Tail Flick Latency Test
  • the analgesia effect produced by administering a compound of the invention is observed through heat-induced tail-flick in mice.
  • the test includes a heat source consisting of a projector lamp with a light beam focused and directed to a point on the tail of a mouse being tested.
  • the tail-flick latencies which are assessed prior to drug treatment, and in response to a noxious heat stimulus, i.e., the response time from applying radiant heat on the dorsal surface of the tail to the occurrence of tail flick, are measured and recorded at 40, 80, 120 and 160 minutes.
  • a study can be designed wherein in the first part of the study, a certain number of animals undergo assessment of baseline tail flick latency once a day over two consecutive days. . These animals are then randomly assigned to one of the several different treatment groups (depending on how many compounds are tested) including a vehicle control, a morphine control, and compounds are administered intramuscularly at 30 mg/kg. Following dose administration, the animals are closely monitored for signs of toxicity including tremor or seizure, hyperactivity, shallow, rapid or depressed breathing and failure to groom. The optimal incubation time for each compound is determined via regression analysis. The analgesic activity of the test compounds is expressed as a percentage of the maximum possible effect (%MPE) and is calculated using the following formula:
  • Postdrug latency the latency time for each individual animal taken before the tail is removed (flicked) from the heat source after receiving drug.
  • the formalin test is used as an animal model of acute pain.
  • animals are briefly habituated to the plexiglass test chamber on the day prior to experimental day for 20 minutes.
  • animals are randomly injected with the test articles.
  • 50 ⁇ l_ of 10% formalin is injected subcutaneously into the plantar surface of the left hind paw of the rats.
  • Video data acquisition began immediately after formalin administration, for duration of 90 minutes.
  • the images are captured using the Actimetrix Limelight software which stores files under the MNi extension, and then converts it into the MPEG-4 coding.
  • the videos are then analyzed using behaviour analysis software "The Observer 5.1", (Version 5.0, Noldus Information Technology, Wageningen, The Netherlands).
  • the video analysis is done by watching the animal behaviour and scoring each according to type, and defining the length of the behaviour (Dubuisson and Dennis, 1977).
  • Scored behaviours include: (1 ) normal behaviour, (2) putting no weight on the paw, (3) raising the paw or (4) licking/biting or scratching the paw. Elevation, favoring, or excessive licking, biting and scratching of the injected paw indicate a pain response.
  • Analgesic response or protection from compounds is indicated if both paws are resting on the floor with no obvious favoring, excessive licking, biting or scratching of the injected paw.
  • Analysis of the formalin test data is done according to two factors: (1) Percent
  • %MPIE Maximal Potential Inhibitory Effect
  • the %MPIEs is calculated by a series of steps, where the first is to sum the length of non-normal behaviours (behaviours 1 , 2, 3) of each animal. A single value for the vehicle group is obtained by averaging all scores within the vehicle treatment group. The following calculation yields the MPIE value for each animal:
  • the pain score is calculated from a weighted scale as described above.
  • the duration of the behaviour is multiplied by the weight (rating of the severity of the response), and divided by the total length of observation to determine a pain rating for each animal.
  • the calculation is represented by the following formula:
  • Pain rating [ 0(To) + 1 (T ⁇ ) + 2(T2) + 3(T3) ] / ( To + T1 + T2 + T3 )
  • test and control articles are administrated to the animals, and the nociceptive thresholds measured at defined time points after drug administration to determine the analgesic responses to each of the six available treatments.
  • the time points used were previously determined to show the highest analgesic effect for each test compound.
  • Thermal nociceptive thresholds of the animals are assessed using the
  • Hargreaves test Animals are placed in a Plexiglas enclosure set on top of an elevated glass platform with heating units. The glass platform is thermostatically controlled at a temperature of approximately 30 0 C for all test trials. Animals are allowed to accommodate for 20 minutes following placement into the enclosure until all exploration behaviour ceases.
  • the Model 226 Plantar/Tail Stimulator Analgesia Meter (HTC, Woodland Hills, CA) is used to apply a radiant heat beam from underneath the glass platform to the plantar surface of the hind paws. During all test trials, the idle intensity and active intensity of the heat source are set at 1 and 45 respectively, and a cut off time of 20 seconds is employed to prevent tissue damage.
  • the response thresholds of animals to tactile stimuli are measured using the
  • the hypealgesia caused by an intra-planar incision in the paw is measured by applying increased tactile stimuli to the paw until the animal withdraws its paw from the applied stimuli.
  • animals are anaesthetized under 3.5% isofluorane, which is delivered via a nose cone, a 1 cm longitudinal incision is made using a number 10 scalpel blade in the plantar aspect of the left hind paw through the skin and fascia, starting 0.5 cm from the proximal edge of the heel and extending towards the toes.
  • the skin is apposed using 2, 3-0 sterilized silk sutures.
  • the injured site is covered with Polysporin and Betadine. Animals are returned to their home cage for overnight recovery.
  • the withdrawal thresholds of animals to tactile stimuli for both operated (ipsilateral) and unoperated (contralateral) paws can be measured using the Model 2290 Electrovonfrey anesthesiometer (MTC Life Science, Woodland Hills, CA). Animals are placed in an elevated Plexiglas enclosure set on a mire mesh surface. After at least 10 minutes of acclimatization, pre-calibrated Von Frey hairs are applied perpendicularly to the plantar surface of both paws of the animals in an ascending order starting from the 10 g hair, with sufficient force to cause slight buckling of the hair against the paw. Testing continues until the hair with the lowest force to induce a rapid flicking of the paw is determined or when the cut off force of approximately 20 g is reached.
  • the tension of the loose ligatures was tight enough to induce slight constriction of the sciatic nerve when viewed under a dissection microscope at a magnification of 4 fold.
  • the left sciatic nerve was exposed without further manipulation.
  • Antibacterial ointment was applied directly into the wound, and the muscle was closed using sterilized sutures.
  • Betadine was applied onto the muscle and its surroundings, followed by skin closure with surgical clips.
  • the response thresholds of animals to tactile stimuli were measured using the Model 2290 Electrovonfrey anesthesiometer (MTC Life Science, Woodland Hills, CA). Animals were placed in an elevated Plexiglas enclosure set on a mire mesh surface. After 10 minutes of accommodation, pre-calibrated Von Frey hairs were applied perpendicularly to the plantar surface of both paws of the animals in an ascending order starting from the 0.1 g hair, with sufficient force to cause slight buckling of the hair against the paw. Testing continues until the hair with the lowest force to induce a rapid flicking of the paw is determined or when the cut off force of approximately 20 g is reached.
  • This cut off force is used because it represents approximately 10% of the animals' body weight and it serves to prevent raising of the entire limb due to the use of stiffer hairs, which would change the nature of the stimulus.
  • Compounds of the present invention were shown to be efficacious within a range of 30 mg/kg and 0.1 mg/Kg.
  • Thermal nociceptive thresholds of the animals were assessed using the Hargreaves test. Following the measurement of tactile thresholds, animals were placed in a Plexiglass enclosure set on top of an elevated glass platform with heating units. The glass platform is thermostatically controlled at a temperature of approximately 24 to 26 0 C for all test trials. Animals were allowed to accommodate for 10 minutes following placement into the enclosure until all exploration behaviour ceases.
  • the Model 226 Plantar/ Tail Stimulator Analgesia Meter HTC, Woodland
  • the antiarrhythmic activity of compounds of the invention is demonstrated by the following test.
  • Arrhythmia is provoked by intravenous administration of aconitine(2.0 ⁇ g/Kg) dissolved in physiological saline solution.
  • Test compounds of the invention are intravenously administered 5 minutes after the administration of aconitine.
  • Evaluation of the anti-arrhythmic activity is conducted by measuring the time from the aconitine administration to the occurrence of extrasystole (ES) and the time from the aconitine administration to the occurrence of ventricular tachycardia (VT).
  • ES extrasystole
  • VT ventricular tachycardia
  • a tracheotomy is performed by first creating an incision in the neck area, then isolating the trachea and making a 2 mm incision to insert tracheal tube 2 cm into the trachea such that the opening of the tube is positioned just on top of the mouth.
  • the tubing is secured with sutures and attached to a ventilator for the duration of the experiment.
  • femoral vessels are isolated. Both femoral veins are cannulated, one for pentobarbital anaesthetic maintenance (0.02-0.05 mL) and one for the infusion and injection of drug and vehicle.
  • the femoral artery is cannulated with the blood pressure gel catheter of the transmitter.
  • the ECG leads are attached to the thoracic muscle in the Lead Il position (upper right/above heart - white lead and lower left/below heart - red lead). The leads are secured with sutures.
  • the arrhythmia is induced with a 2 ⁇ g/Kg/min aconitine infusion for 5 minutes. During this time the ECG is recorded and continuously monitoired.
  • Anaesthesia is first induced by pentobarbital (Lp.), and maintained by an i.v. bolus infusion.
  • Male SD rats have their trachea cannulated for artificial ventilation with room air at a stroke volume of 10 mL/Kg, 60 strokes/minute.
  • the right femoral artery and vein are cannulated with PE50 tubing for mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) recording and intravenous administration of compounds, respectively.
  • MAP mean arterial blood pressure
  • the chest is opened between the 4 th and 5 th ribs to create a 1.5 cm opening such that the heart is visible.
  • Each rat is placed on a notched platform and metal restraints are hooked onto the rib cage opening the chest cavity.
  • a suture needle is used to penetrate the ventricle just under the lifted atrium and exited the ventricle in a downward diagonal direction so that a >30% to ⁇ 50% occlusion zone (OZ) would be obtained.
  • the exit position is -0.5 cm below where the aorta connects to the left ventricle.
  • the suture is tightened such that a loose loop (occluder) is formed around a branch of the artery.
  • the chest is then closed with the end of the occluder accessible outside of the chest.
  • Electrodes are placed in the Lead Il position (right atrium to apex) for ECG measurement as follows: one electrode inserted into the right forepaw and the other electrode inserted into the left hind paw.
  • the body temperature, MAP, ECG, and heart rate are constantly recorded throughout the experiment. Once the critical parameters had stabilized, a 1-2 minute recording is taken to establish the baseline values. Infusion of a compound of the invention or control substance is initiated once baseline values are established. After a 5-minute infusion of compound or control, the suture is pulled tight to ligate the LCA and create ischemia in the left ventricle. The critical parameters are recorded continuously for 20 minutes after ligation, unless the MAP reached the critical level of 20-30 mmHg for at least 3 minutes, in which case the recording is stopped because the animal would be declared deceased and is then sacrificed. The ability of compounds of the invention to prevent arrhythmias and sustain near-normal MAP and HR is scored and compared to control.
  • Dogs are dosed orally with compounds of the present invention at oral doses of between 5 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg for a period of 4 weeks.
  • a control group receives placebo.
  • the animals are sacrificed and the prostate glands dissected out, dabbed dry and then weighed.
  • BIOLOGICAL EXAMPLE 7 In Vivo Assay for Antihypercholesterlemia Efficacy and Antiatherosclerotic Efficacy
  • Dogs have cardiovascular systems similar to that of humans, making them ideal for studying the effects of medicinal compounds designed to treat cardiovascular disorders.
  • Dogs are dosed orally at a range of 5 mg/kg to 100 mg/kg daily with compounds of the present invention for a period of 2- 4 weeks. After 2 and 4 weeks the animals were bled and their serum collected for total cholesterol analysis and compared to the animals dosed with vehicle alone (0 mg/kg).
  • the measurement of cholesterol is one of the most common tests performed in the clinical laboratory setting. Simple fluorometric methods for the sensitive quantitation of total cholesterol in plasma or serum are commonly used.
  • cholesteryl esters in the sample are first hydrolyzed by cholesterol esterase. All cholesterol, whether previously esterified or existing free in the circulation, is then oxidized by cholesterol oxidase to the corresponding ketone and hydrogen peroxide.
  • ADHP (10-acetyl-3,7-dihydroxyphenoxazine) is utilized as a highly sensitive and stable probe for hydrogen peroxide.
  • Horseradish peroxidase catalyzes the reaction of ADHP with hydrogen peroxide to yield the highly fluorescent product resorufin, which can be monitored using excitation wavelengths of 565-580 nm and emission wavelengths of 585-595 nm.
  • the compounds of the invention can be evaluated for their activity as antipruritic agents by in vivo test using rodent models.
  • One established model for peripherally elicited pruritus is through the injection of serotonin into the rostral back area (neck) in hairless rats.
  • a dose of a compound of the present invention Prior to serotonin injections (e.g., 2 mg/mL, 50 ⁇ L), a dose of a compound of the present invention can be applied systemically through oral, intravenous or intraperitoneal routes or topically to a circular area fixed diameter (e.g. 18 mm). Following dosing, the serotonin injections are given in the area of the topical dosing. After serotonin injection the animal behaviour is monitored by video recording for 20 min-1.5 h, and the number of scratches in this time compared to vehicle treated animals. Thus, application of a compound of the current invention could suppress serotonin-induced scratching in rats.

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L'invention concerne des dérivés spiro-oxindole tricycliques représentés par la formule (I) dans laquelle k, m, n, w, q, Y, Q, X, R1, R2 et R3 sont tels que définis dans les spécifications, sous forme de stéréoisomère, énantiomère, tautomère de ces dérivés ou de mélange de ceux-ci, ou un sel, un solvate ou un promédicament de ces composés pharmaceutiquement acceptable, qui conviennent pour le traitement et/ou la prévention des maladies et des troubles induits par le canal sodique, tels que la douleur. L'invention concerne aussi des compositions pharmaceutiques comprenant ces composés et des procédés de préparation et d'utilisation de ces composés.
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